diff --git a/cde/logs/Makefile.am b/cde/logs/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b18b0c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cde/logs/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
+
+all::
+	@FILES=`ls -rt | egrep -v "Makefile.am|Makefile.in|Makefile|logerr.sed" || true`; \
+	set -- $$FILES; \
+	while [ $$# -gt 10 ];do \
+	rm -rf $$1; \
+	echo "removing log file $$1"; shift; done
+
+clean::