diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1f1ef157a1..b35fbc89c8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2971,6 +2971,12 @@ endif
 	$(RM) GIT-VERSION-FILE GIT-CFLAGS GIT-LDFLAGS GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
 	$(RM) GIT-USER-AGENT GIT-PREFIX
 	$(RM) GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES GIT-PERL-DEFINES GIT-PERL-HEADER GIT-PYTHON-VARS
+ifdef MSVC
+	$(RM) $(patsubst %.o,%.o.pdb,$(OBJECTS))
+	$(RM) $(patsubst %.exe,%.pdb,$(OTHER_PROGRAMS))
+	$(RM) $(patsubst %.exe,%.pdb,$(PROGRAMS))
+	$(RM) $(patsubst %.exe,%.pdb,$(TEST_PROGRAMS))
+endif
 
 .PHONY: all install profile-clean cocciclean clean strip
 .PHONY: shell_compatibility_test please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell