diff --git a/i3bar/Makefile b/i3bar/Makefile
index 8f124493..d4cc59b9 100644
--- a/i3bar/Makefile
+++ b/i3bar/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ install: all
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 i3bar $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 
 clean:
-	rm src/*.o
+	rm -f src/*.o
 	make -C doc clean
 
-.PHONY: install clean doc
+distclean: clean
+	rm -f i3bar
+	make -C doc distclean
+
+.PHONY: install clean distclean doc
diff --git a/i3bar/doc/Makefile b/i3bar/doc/Makefile
index f363207c..a8144cd8 100644
--- a/i3bar/doc/Makefile
+++ b/i3bar/doc/Makefile
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ i3bar.1: i3bar.man
 	a2x -f manpage i3bar.man
 clean:
 	rm -f i3bar.xml i3bar.1 i3bar.html
+
+distclean: clean