diff --git a/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
index c2a2f6e93b..a7205fb7ba 100644
--- a/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-07-13    <lgb@tandberg.net>
+
+	* forms/Makefile.am (distclean-local): pretend success also if
+	srcdir != builddir
+
 2005-07-04  Jürgen Spitzmüller  <j.spitzmueller@gmx.de>
 
 	* FormToc.C: consider gui name, not type, when trying to set the
diff --git a/src/frontends/xforms/forms/Makefile.am b/src/frontends/xforms/forms/Makefile.am
index 13e791858d..1602d4844a 100644
--- a/src/frontends/xforms/forms/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/frontends/xforms/forms/Makefile.am
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ SUFFIXES += .fd
 	$(SHELL) $(SCRIPT) $(<F)
 
 distclean-local:
-	[ $(srcdir) != . ] && $(RM) $(SRCS)
+	[ $(srcdir) != . ] && $(RM) $(SRCS) || true