diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index f8074d866c..15bff9c778 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -2362,6 +2362,7 @@ python do_packagedata () {
 
     bb.build.exec_func("packagedata_translate_pr_autoinc", d)
 }
+do_packagedata[cleandirs] += "${WORKDIR}/pkgdata-pdata-input"
 
 # Translate the EXTENDPRAUTO and AUTOINC to the final values
 packagedata_translate_pr_autoinc() {