diff --git a/include/package-defaults.mk b/include/package-defaults.mk
index 45a92cf..a2af1e5 100644
--- a/include/package-defaults.mk
+++ b/include/package-defaults.mk
@@ -151,3 +151,8 @@ endef
 define Build/DistCheck/Default
 	$(call Build/Compile/Default, DESTDIR="$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/tmp" CC="$(TARGET_CC)" distcheck)
 endef
+
+define Build/Cleansrc/Default
+	$(call Build/Compile/Default,clean)
+	rm -f $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.built*
+endef
diff --git a/include/package.mk b/include/package.mk
index c1fe088..0e8487b 100644
--- a/include/package.mk
+++ b/include/package.mk
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ Build/Compile=$(call Build/Compile/Default,)
 Build/Install=$(if $(PKG_INSTALL),$(call Build/Install/Default,))
 Build/Dist=$(call Build/Dist/Default,)
 Build/DistCheck=$(call Build/DistCheck/Default,)
+Build/Cleansrc=$(call Build/Cleansrc/Default,)
 
 .NOTPARALLEL:
 
@@ -284,6 +285,9 @@ clean: clean-staging FORCE
 
 dist:
 	$(Build/Dist)
-   
+
 distcheck:
 	$(Build/DistCheck) 
+
+cleansrc:
+	$(Build/Cleansrc)
diff --git a/include/subdir.mk b/include/subdir.mk
index a2adff2..246c8a3 100644
--- a/include/subdir.mk
+++ b/include/subdir.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),prereq)
   SUBTARGETS:=prereq
   PREREQ_ONLY:=1
 else
-  SUBTARGETS:=clean download prepare compile install update refresh prereq dist distcheck configure
+  SUBTARGETS:=clean download prepare compile install update refresh prereq dist distcheck configure cleansrc
 endif
 
 subtarget-default = $(filter-out ., \