diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f29d7a1172b7c41c7e1b83ddeffdc7a818da46fb..e15b27a375892bda2de8b828dacc81c79e75759e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ all: Makefile.coq
 
 clean: Makefile.coq
 	+@make -f Makefile.coq clean
-	find theories \( -name "*.v.d" -o -name "*.vo" -o -name "*.aux" -o -name "*.cache" -o -name "*.glob" -o -name "*.vio" \) -print -delete
+	find theories $$(test -d tests && echo tests) \( -name "*.v.d" -o -name "*.vo" -o -name "*.aux" -o -name "*.cache" -o -name "*.glob" -o -name "*.vio" \) -print -delete
 	rm -f Makefile.coq
 .PHONY: clean