diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index 878e6ce01de..c3308228212 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -2404,6 +2404,11 @@ delete-old-dirs: .PHONY
 		elif [ -L "${DESTDIR}/$${dir}" ]; then \
 			echo "${DESTDIR}/$${dir} is a link, please remove everything manually."; \
 		fi; \
+		if [ -d "${DESTDIR}${DEBUGDIR}/$${dir}" ]; then \
+			rmdir -v "${DESTDIR}${DEBUGDIR}/$${dir}" || true; \
+		elif [ -L "${DESTDIR}${DEBUGDIR}/$${dir}" ]; then \
+			echo "${DESTDIR}${DEBUGDIR}/$${dir} is a link, please remove everything manually."; \
+		fi; \
 	done
 	@echo ">>> Old directories removed"
 
@@ -2418,6 +2423,11 @@ check-old-dirs: .PHONY
 		elif [ -L "${DESTDIR}/$${dir}" ]; then \
 			echo "${DESTDIR}/$${dir} is a link, please remove everything manually."; \
 		fi; \
+		if [ -d "${DESTDIR}${DEBUGDIR}/$${dir}" ]; then \
+			echo "${DESTDIR}${DEBUGDIR}/$${dir}"; \
+		elif [ -L "${DESTDIR}${DEBUGDIR}/$${dir}" ]; then \
+			echo "${DESTDIR}${DEBUGDIR}/$${dir} is a link, please remove everything manually."; \
+		fi; \
 	done
 
 delete-old: delete-old-files delete-old-dirs .PHONY