diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bef29da2..31f03a48 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -18918,3 +18918,5 @@
 2019-08-09 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 	* Refactored 'RDClock' to store events on the heap rather than
 	on the stack.
+2019-08-12 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Added 'py-compile' to the 'CLEANFILES' rule in 'Makefile.am'.
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 8d80e429..dd4e2be5 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ CLEANFILES = *~\
              *.rpm\
              *.tar.gz\
              *.tgz\
-             *.zip
+             *.zip\
+             py-compile
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = config.guess\
                  config.sub\