diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4ccfa04c20..3692672630 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -156,6 +156,35 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_PP),yes)
 	$(MAKE) -C libavcodec/libpostproc install-headers
 endif
 
+uninstall: uninstall-progs uninstall-libs uninstall-headers uninstall-man uninstall-vhook
+
+ALLPROGS=ffmpeg ffplay ffserver
+uninstall-progs:
+	rm -f $(addprefix $(bindir)/, $(ALLPROGS))
+
+ALLMANPAGES=$(addsuffix .1, $(ALLPROGS))
+uninstall-man:
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_WIN32),yes)
+	rm -f $(addprefix $(mandir)/man1/,$(ALLMANPAGES))
+endif
+
+uninstall-vhook:
+	$(MAKE) -C vhook uninstall
+
+uninstall-libs:
+	$(MAKE) -C libavutil   uninstall-libs
+	$(MAKE) -C libavcodec  uninstall-libs
+	$(MAKE) -C libavformat uninstall-libs
+	$(MAKE) -C libavcodec/libpostproc uninstall-libs
+
+uninstall-headers:
+	$(MAKE) -C libavutil   uninstall-headers
+	$(MAKE) -C libavcodec  uninstall-headers
+	$(MAKE) -C libavformat uninstall-headers
+	$(MAKE) -C libavcodec/libpostproc uninstall-headers
+	-rmdir "$(incdir)"
+	-rmdir "$(prefix)/include/postproc"
+
 dep:	depend
 
 depend: .depend
diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index 94272c5813..ff25cf6356 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -96,6 +96,22 @@ install-headers:
 	install -m 644 $(addprefix "$(SRC_DIR)"/,$(HEADERS)) "$(incdir)"
 	install -m 644 $(BUILD_ROOT)/lib$(NAME).pc "$(libdir)/pkgconfig"
 
+uninstall: uninstall-libs uninstall-headers
+
+uninstall-libs:
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_WIN32),yes)
+	-rm -f $(prefix)/$(SLIBNAME)
+else
+	-rm -f $(libdir)/$(SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR) \
+	      $(libdir)/$(SLIBNAME)            \
+	      $(libdir)/$(SLIBNAME_WITH_VERSION)
+endif
+	-rm -f $(libdir)/$(LIB)
+
+uninstall-headers:
+	rm -f $(addprefix $(incdir)/,$(HEADERS))
+	rm -f $(libdir)/pkgconfig/lib$(NAME).pc
+
 #
 # include dependency files if they exist
 #
diff --git a/vhook/Makefile b/vhook/Makefile
index a176fd0c41..7e073e7c54 100644
--- a/vhook/Makefile
+++ b/vhook/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ install: $(HOOKS)
 	install -d "$(libdir)/vhook"
 	install -m 755 $(HOOKS) "$(libdir)/vhook"
 
+ALLHOOKS=$(HOOKS) imlib2$(SLIBSUF) drawtext$(SLIBSUF)
+uninstall:
+	rm -f $(addprefix $(libdir)/vhook/,$(ALLHOOKS))
+	-rmdir "$(libdir)/vhook/"
+
 %$(SLIBSUF): %.o
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -g -o $@ $(SHFLAGS) $<