diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c076ba169..a20040063 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ install-headers: extension
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(citus_abs_srcdir)/src/include/distributed/*.h '$(DESTDIR)$(includedir_server)/distributed/'
 clean-extension:
 	$(MAKE) -C src/backend/distributed/ clean
-.PHONY: extension install-extension clean-extension
+clean-full:
+	$(MAKE) -C src/backend/distributed/ clean-full
+.PHONY: extension install-extension clean-extension clean-full
 # Add to generic targets
 install: install-extension install-headers
 clean: clean-extension
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/Makefile b/src/backend/distributed/Makefile
index d5356c0ba..d8c8bd9e5 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/Makefile
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ ifneq (,$(SQL_Po_files))
 include $(SQL_Po_files)
 endif
 
-.PHONY: check-sql-snapshots
+.PHONY: check-sql-snapshots clean-full
 
 check-sql-snapshots:
 	bash -c '\
@@ -79,3 +79,7 @@ cleanup-before-install:
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/$(datamoduledir)/citus*
 
 install: cleanup-before-install
+
+clean-full:
+	make clean
+	rm -rf $(safestringlib_builddir)