diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 446bafe5..129f0e12 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2003-10-07  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>
 
+	* tests/Makefile.am (clean-local): Don't run 'testsuite --clean'
+	if testsuite doesn't exist.
+
 	* doc/bison.texinfo (Symbols): NUL bytes are not allowed in string
 	literals, unfortunately.
 	* src/scan-gram.l (<SC_ESCAPED_STRING,SC_ESCAPED_CHARACTER>):
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 960d6586..82bc10d8 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ atconfig: $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	cd $(top_builddir) && ./config.status tests/$@
 
 clean-local:
-	$(SHELL) $(TESTSUITE) --clean
+	test ! -f $(TESTSUITE) || $(SHELL) $(TESTSUITE) --clean
 
 check-local: atconfig atlocal $(TESTSUITE)
 	$(SHELL) $(TESTSUITE)