diff -Nru buildroot/Makefile.orig buildroot/Makefile
--- buildroot/Makefile.orig	2005-08-31 00:15:41.000000000 -0700
+++ buildroot/Makefile	2005-09-09 10:18:05.536596589 -0700
@@ -133,7 +133,12 @@
 	rm -rf $(STAGING_DIR) $(TARGET_DIR) $(IMAGE)
 
 distclean:
-	rm -rf $(DL_DIR) $(BUILD_DIR) $(LINUX_KERNEL) $(IMAGE)
+ifeq ($(DL_DIR),$(BASE_DIR)/dl)
+	rm -rf $(DL_DIR)
+endif
+	rm -fr $(BUILD_DIR) $(LINUX_KERNEL) $(IMAGE)
+	                                                                                
+
 
 sourceball:
 	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR)