--- a/build/build.xml
+++ b/build/build.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
   <available property="dom4j" file="${lib}/dom4j.jar"/>
   <available property="jdom" file="${lib}/jdom.jar"/>
 
+  <!-- Clean Added to help debian/rules -->
+  <target name="clean">
+    <delete quiet="true" dir="classes"/>
+  </target>
+
   <!-- Set options for release build -->
   <target name="setrelease">
     <property name="optimize" value="on"/>