diff --git a/leim/ChangeLog b/leim/ChangeLog
index f4bfce06bb38f1a0ea476dfc02837d19be7316b2..a9b839212b416ff265887aaf90bf30f3d1faacc7 100644
--- a/leim/ChangeLog
+++ b/leim/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-07-20  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+	* makefile.w32-in (extraclean): Don't delete *~.
+
 2007-06-02  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
 
 	* Version 22.1 released.
diff --git a/leim/makefile.w32-in b/leim/makefile.w32-in
index 08022d38cf253214afd5a5a32e80e45a18a1bfc2..6f6508fecebfd5a39bac708c2baaa380db149f12 100644
--- a/leim/makefile.w32-in
+++ b/leim/makefile.w32-in
@@ -215,5 +215,7 @@ distclean: clean
 maintainer-clean: distclean
 	- $(FOREACH) $(WORLD) $(FORDO) $(DEL) $(FORVAR) $(ENDFOR)
 
+# We used to delete *~ here, but that might inadvertently remove
+# precious files if it happens to match their short 8+3 aliases.
 extraclean: maintainer-clean
-	- $(FOREACH) *~ "#*" $(FORDO) $(DEL) $(FORVAR) $(ENDFOR)
+	- $(FOREACH) *.el~ "#*" $(FORDO) $(DEL) $(FORVAR) $(ENDFOR)