diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7375fe5d39..465b5b3048 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -487,9 +487,9 @@ clean: dirclean
 	@for a in $(PARTS); do $(MAKE) -C $$a clean; done
 
 distclean: clean doxygen_clean
+	@for a in $(PARTS); do $(MAKE) -C $$a distclean; done
 	-rm -f *~ $(PRG) $(PRG_MENCODER) codec-cfg codecs2html
 	-rm -f .depend configure.log codecs.conf.h help_mp.h config.h config.mak
-	@for a in $(PARTS); do $(MAKE) -C $$a distclean; done
 
 strip:
 	strip -s $(ALL_PRG)