diff --git a/recipes/ncdu/recipe.sh b/recipes/ncdu/recipe.sh
index d2be33c7270e36d3880184d6d73f4aa7d7c62738..46131850cd84b2b01492bafed1423c18ab3020d6 100644
--- a/recipes/ncdu/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/ncdu/recipe.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ function recipe_test {
     echo "skipping test"
     skip=1
 }
+function recipe_clean {
+    make clean
+    skip=1
+}
 function recipe_stage {
     dest="$(realpath "$1")"
     make DESTDIR="$dest" install