diff --git a/make/cleandirs.mk b/make/cleandirs.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee59d3f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make/cleandirs.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+.NOTPARALLEL:
+
+all:
+install:
+clean: do.clean
+distclean: do.distclean
+
+include $(MODDIR)/make/defs.mk
+
+SUBDIRS ?= $(FIND_SUBDIRS)
+
+do.%:
+	set -e; for d in $(SUBDIRS) ; do make -wC $$d $*; done
+