diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index cfba89724c0..c010510a013 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -661,7 +661,9 @@ dvi:
 ### special emacs executable is built from Lisp sources, which is then
 ### used to compile Lisp files.  The last step is a "normal" make.
 
-bootstrap: clean bootstrap-lisp-1 bootstrap-src bootstrap-lisp clean all info
+.PHONY: bootstrap bootstrap-lisp-1 boostrap-src bootstrap-lisp bootstrap-clean
+
+bootstrap: clean bootstrap-lisp-1 bootstrap-src bootstrap-lisp bootstrap-clean all info
 
 bootstrap-lisp-1:
 	(cd lisp; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) bootstrap-clean)
@@ -671,3 +673,6 @@ bootstrap-lisp:
 
 bootstrap-src:
 	(cd src; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) bootstrap)
+
+bootstrap-clean:
+	(cd src; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) clean)