diff --git a/mingw-w64-antiword/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-antiword/PKGBUILD
index 3219971d27..b9c937f8e7 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-antiword/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-antiword/PKGBUILD
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ prepare(){
 
 build() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}"
+  make -f Makefile.Linux clean
   make -f Makefile.Linux ${_realname}
 }