diff --git a/app-text/xlhtml/xlhtml-0.5.1_p6.ebuild b/app-text/xlhtml/xlhtml-0.5.1_p6.ebuild
index 455462deef33d..e7b9c2b721804 100644
--- a/app-text/xlhtml/xlhtml-0.5.1_p6.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/xlhtml/xlhtml-0.5.1_p6.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=5
 
-inherit autotools eutils
+inherit autotools eutils vcs-clean
 
 MY_PV=${PV/_p*/}
 DEB_PR=${PV/*_p/}