1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dh_clean b/dh_clean
index b0936ecb..a3d8c7be 100755
--- a/dh_clean
+++ b/dh_clean
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ if (! $dh{D_FLAG}) {
 
 	# Remove some files that were left around by older versions of
 	# debhelper.
-	doit("rm","-f","debian/substvars");
+	doit("rm","-f","debian/substvars")
+		unless excludefile("debian/substvars");
 	
 	# See if some files that would normally be deleted are excluded.
 	my $find_options='';