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diff --git a/tools/README b/tools/README
index 2279afcf..21d58461 100644
--- a/tools/README
+++ b/tools/README
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ or test the plugins.
 2. tango -
 3. mini_epn/p1.pl - used to test perl plugins for functionality under embedded
    perl
+4. distclean - used to clean the sources leaving only original CVS files
diff --git a/tools/distclean b/tools/distclean
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5b3388cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/distclean
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script cleans up all auto*-generated files. If Makefiles are present
+# it will run 'make distclean' first.
+#
+# Please run this script from the top-level directory.
+
+if [ ! -f tools/distclean ]; then
+  echo "Please run this script from the top-level directory of Nagios-plugins."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -f Makefile ]; then
+  echo "$0: Makefile present. Cleaning up with 'make distclean'..."
+  make distclean
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Uh-oh! Make distclean failed."
+    echo "Please run './config.status' and try again."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo "$0: Removing auto* files..."
+rm -rf autom4te.cache
+find . -type f -name Makefile.in -print0| xargs -0 rm -f
+rm -f aclocal.m4 compile config.guess config.h.in config.sub configure depcomp
+rm -f m4/Makefile.am
+
+echo "$0: Removing miscelanious files..."
+rm -f po/*.gmo po/stamp-po
+rm -f doc/developer-guidelines.html
+rm -f INSTALL install-sh missing
+rm -f plugins/t/check_nagios.nagios?.status.???.tmp
+
+echo "$0: Cleanup complete! Have a nice day..."