diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b576cba5a8..0fcde48bec 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/Makefile.include
 
 all: recurse-all
 
-ROMS_RULES=$(foreach t, all clean, $(addsuffix /$(t), $(ROMS)))
+ROMS_RULES=$(foreach t, all clean distclean, $(addsuffix /$(t), $(ROMS)))
 .PHONY: $(ROMS_RULES)
 $(ROMS_RULES):
 	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) $(SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS) -C $(dir $@) V="$(V)" TARGET_DIR="$(dir $@)" $(notdir $@),)
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ $(ROMS_RULES):
 .PHONY: recurse-all recurse-clean
 recurse-all: $(addsuffix /all, $(ROMS))
 recurse-clean: $(addsuffix /clean, $(ROMS))
+recurse-distclean: $(addsuffix /distclean, $(ROMS))
 
 ######################################################################
 
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ dist: qemu-$(VERSION).tar.bz2
 qemu-%.tar.bz2:
 	$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/make-release "$(SRC_PATH)" "$(patsubst qemu-%.tar.bz2,%,$@)"
 
-distclean: clean
+distclean: clean recurse-distclean
 	-$(quiet-@)test -f build.ninja && $(NINJA) $(NINJAFLAGS) -t clean -g || :
 	rm -f config-host.mak qemu-bundle
 	rm -f tests/tcg/config-*.mak