diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant.inc b/meta/recipes-connectivity/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant.inc
index 7923bb94a3..3abcf86819 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant.inc
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/dbus-1/system-services/*"
 CONFFILES_${PN} += "${sysconfdir}/wpa_supplicant.conf"
 
 do_configure () {
+	${MAKE} -C wpa_supplicant clean
 	install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/defconfig wpa_supplicant/.config
 	echo "CFLAGS +=\"-I${STAGING_INCDIR}/libnl3\"" >> wpa_supplicant/.config