diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 937d2462a9..6d8dca5994 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ docs: mans
 		--exclude='users/*' --exclude='devblog/*' --exclude='thanks'
 
 clean:
-	if [ "$(BUILDER)" != ./Setup ]; then $(BUILDER) clean; fi
+	if [ "$(BUILDER)" != ./Setup ] && [ "$(BUILDER)" != cabal ]; then $(BUILDER) clean; fi
 	rm -rf tmp dist git-annex $(mans) configure  *.tix .hpc \
 		doc/.ikiwiki html dist tags Build/SysConfig.hs \
 		Setup Build/InstallDesktopFile Build/EvilSplicer \
diff --git a/doc/bugs/debian__47__rules_clean_fails_with_with_cabal_not_found/comment_3_0e944b73b3bfe2edc310710f17807985._comment b/doc/bugs/debian__47__rules_clean_fails_with_with_cabal_not_found/comment_3_0e944b73b3bfe2edc310710f17807985._comment
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69bf69aa36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/bugs/debian__47__rules_clean_fails_with_with_cabal_not_found/comment_3_0e944b73b3bfe2edc310710f17807985._comment
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 3"""
+ date="2016-01-22T15:49:19Z"
+ content="""
+That's a reasonable thing to want to do. It might be that passing -nc to
+dpkg-buildpackage would be the best thing to do. In any case, 
+I've adjusted the Makefile.
+"""]]