diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 05c08f05..e04b9962 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ override_dh_clean:
 	rm -rf fail2ban.egg-info
 	-rm debian/fail2ban.init
 	dh_clean
+	: # auto generated
+	-rm bin/fail2ban-python
 
 override_dh_install:
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/doc/fail2ban/README.Solaris