diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 3beb0fbcb..6f623e3a1 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 CHANGES IN FLTK 1.1.8
 
+	- Fixed 'make distclean' to remove binaries inside
+	  MacOS app packages (STR #1169)
 	- Fluid Code Viewer is now truly a viewer, not a text
 	  editor because edited text can not be saved.
 	- Fl_Spinner is now fully supported by Fluid (STR #1158)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d2d64fcf3..4c90ab132 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ distclean: clean
 	$(RM) documentation/fltk.ps
 	$(RM) -r documentation/fltk.d
 	for file in test/*.fl; do\
-		$(RM) test/`basename $file .fl`.cxx; \
-		$(RM) test/`basename $file .fl`.h; \
+		$(RM) test/`basename $$file .fl`.cxx; \
+		$(RM) test/`basename $$file .fl`.h; \
 	done
 
 makeinclude: configure configh.in makeinclude.in
diff --git a/fluid/Makefile b/fluid/Makefile
index 92eba552a..a85634711 100644
--- a/fluid/Makefile
+++ b/fluid/Makefile
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ fluid-shared$(EXEEXT):	$(OBJECTS) ../src/$(DSONAME) ../src/$(FLDSONAME) \
 clean:
 	-$(RM) *.o core.* *~ *.bck *.bck
 	-$(RM) core fluid$(EXEEXT) fluid-shared$(EXEEXT)
+	-$(RM) fluid.app/Contents/MacOS/fluid
 
 depend:	$(CPPFILES)
 	makedepend -Y -I.. -f makedepend $(CPPFILES)
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 3aa9463a9..12d23d6b2 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ include makedepend
 clean:
 	-$(RM) $(ALL) $(GLALL) core
 	-$(RM) *.o core.* *~ *.bck *.bak
+	-$(RM) checkers.app/Contents/MacOS/checkers
+	-$(RM) sudoku.app/Contents/MacOS/sudoku
 
 install:
 	echo "Installing example programs to $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/examples..."