diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index 907c59b..9557433 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ PSEUDO_PASSWD = "${IMAGE_ROOTFS}"
 do_rootfs[nostamp] = "1"
 do_rootfs[dirs] = "${TOPDIR}"
 do_rootfs[lockfiles] += "${IMAGE_ROOTFS}.lock"
+do_rootfs[cleandirs] += "${S}"
 do_build[nostamp] = "1"
 
 # Must call real_do_rootfs() from inside here, rather than as a separate