diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 883e9034217..d78f156503f 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-04-25  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+	* Makefile.in (distclean): Remove $(lisp)/loaddefs.el~.
+
 2013-04-25  Bastien Guerry  <bzg@gnu.org>
 
 	* textmodes/remember.el (remember-data-directory)
diff --git a/lisp/Makefile.in b/lisp/Makefile.in
index 1e701df348f..c8707df15df 100644
--- a/lisp/Makefile.in
+++ b/lisp/Makefile.in
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ bootstrap-clean:
 	cd $(lisp); rm -f *.elc */*.elc */*/*.elc */*/*/*.elc $(AUTOGENEL)
 
 distclean:
-	-rm -f ./Makefile
+	-rm -f ./Makefile $(lisp)/loaddefs.el~
 
 maintainer-clean: distclean bootstrap-clean