diff --git a/checks/ChangeLog b/checks/ChangeLog
index 27e1b398d..aaaecb2e4 100644
--- a/checks/ChangeLog
+++ b/checks/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-12-21  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
+
+	* Makefile.am (distclean-local): prefix mkdemodirs with srcdir
+	(DISTCLEANFILES): Add random_seed.
+
 2001-12-19  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
 
 	* options.in: Remove load-extension tiger
diff --git a/checks/Makefile.am b/checks/Makefile.am
index 9cade48d0..8d873e7f9 100644
--- a/checks/Makefile.am
+++ b/checks/Makefile.am
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ CLEANFILES = prepared.stamp x y yy z out err  $(DATA_FILES) \
 	     plain-1 plain-2 plain-3 trustdb.gpg *.lock .\#lk* \
 	     *.test.log options gpg_dearmor \
 	     pubring.gpg secring.gpg pubring.pkr secring.skr
-DISTCLEANFILES = pubring.gpg~
+DISTCLEANFILES = pubring.gpg~ random_seed
 
 
 all-local: prepared.stamp
 
 distclean-local:
-	./mkdemodirs --clean
+	$(srcdir)/mkdemodirs --clean
 
 prepared.stamp: ./pubring.gpg ./secring.gpg ./plain-1 ./plain-2 ./plain-3 \
 		./pubring.pkr ./secring.skr ./options ./gpg_dearmor \