diff --git a/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp b/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
index 83d38d1b146..fe8d289a7c0 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
@@ -2617,6 +2617,8 @@ MakefileGenerator::writeSubTargets(QTextStream &t, QList<MakefileGenerator::SubT
             t << varGlue("ALL_DEPS"," "," ","");
         if(suffix == "clean")
             t << varGlue("CLEAN_DEPS"," "," ","");
+        else if (suffix == "distclean")
+            t << varGlue("DISTCLEAN_DEPS"," "," ","");
         t << " FORCE\n";
         if(suffix == "clean") {
             t << fileVarGlue("QMAKE_CLEAN", "\t-$(DEL_FILE) ", "\n\t-$(DEL_FILE) ", "\n");
diff --git a/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp b/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
index eb68614fe6c..2ee9110b019 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ UnixMakefileGenerator::writeMakeParts(QTextStream &t)
     ProString destdir = project->first("DESTDIR");
     if (!destdir.isEmpty() && !destdir.endsWith(Option::dir_sep))
         destdir += Option::dir_sep;
-    t << "distclean: clean\n";
+    t << "distclean: clean " << var("DISTCLEAN_DEPS") << '\n';
     if(!project->isEmpty("QMAKE_BUNDLE")) {
         QString bundlePath = escapeFilePath(destdir + project->first("QMAKE_BUNDLE"));
         t << "\t-$(DEL_FILE) -r " << bundlePath << endl;
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
index de243e43949..484062d56e4 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ void Win32MakefileGenerator::writeCleanParts(QTextStream &t)
     }
     t << endl << endl;
 
-    t << "distclean: clean";
+    t << "distclean: clean " << var("DISTCLEAN_DEPS");
     {
         const char *clean_targets[] = { "QMAKE_DISTCLEAN", 0 };
         for(int i = 0; clean_targets[i]; ++i) {