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diff --git a/apt-pkg/clean.cc b/apt-pkg/clean.cc
index 8e6bd6255..fe57c26a2 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/clean.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/clean.cc
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ bool pkgArchiveCleaner::Go(std::string Dir,pkgCache &Cache)
if(Dir == "/")
return _error->Error(_("Clean of %s is not supported"), Dir.c_str());
+ // non-existing directories are always clean
+ // we do not check for a directory explicitly to support symlinks
+ if (FileExists(Dir) == false)
+ return true;
+
DIR *D = opendir(Dir.c_str());
if (D == 0)
return _error->Errno("opendir",_("Unable to read %s"),Dir.c_str());