diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 28af3debef..9defddebfd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ clean::
        $(RM) -r coverage-html
        $(RM) -rf coverage.info coverage.info.in lcov

-distclean::
+distclean:: clean
        $(RM) .version avversion.h config.asm config.h mapfile  \
                ffbuild/.config ffbuild/config.* libavutil/avconfig.h \
                version.h libavutil/ffversion.h libavcodec/codec_names.h \