diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 10202d0588..f79712cddc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,26 +10,28 @@ vpath %.v    $(SRC_PATH)
 vpath %.texi $(SRC_PATH)
 vpath %/fate_config.sh.template $(SRC_PATH)
 
-PROGS-$(CONFIG_FFMPEG)   += ffmpeg
-PROGS-$(CONFIG_FFPLAY)   += ffplay
-PROGS-$(CONFIG_FFPROBE)  += ffprobe
-PROGS-$(CONFIG_FFSERVER) += ffserver
+AVPROGS-$(CONFIG_FFMPEG)   += ffmpeg
+AVPROGS-$(CONFIG_FFPLAY)   += ffplay
+AVPROGS-$(CONFIG_FFPROBE)  += ffprobe
+AVPROGS-$(CONFIG_FFSERVER) += ffserver
 
-PROGS      := $(PROGS-yes:%=%$(PROGSSUF)$(EXESUF))
-INSTPROGS   = $(PROGS-yes:%=%$(PROGSSUF)$(EXESUF))
+AVPROGS    := $(AVPROGS-yes:%=%$(PROGSSUF)$(EXESUF))
+INSTPROGS   = $(AVPROGS-yes:%=%$(PROGSSUF)$(EXESUF))
+PROGS      += $(AVPROGS-yes)
 
+AVBASENAMES  = ffmpeg ffplay ffprobe ffserver
+ALLAVPROGS   = $(AVBASENAMES:%=%$(PROGSSUF)$(EXESUF))
+ALLAVPROGS_G = $(AVBASENAMES:%=%$(PROGSSUF)_g$(EXESUF))
 
-OBJS-ffmpeg = ffmpeg_opt.o ffmpeg_filter.o
+$(foreach prog,$(AVBASENAMES),$(eval OBJS-$(prog) += cmdutils.o))
+
+OBJS-ffmpeg                   += ffmpeg_opt.o ffmpeg_filter.o
 OBJS-ffmpeg-$(HAVE_VDPAU_X11) += ffmpeg_vdpau.o
 TESTTOOLS   = audiogen videogen rotozoom tiny_psnr tiny_ssim base64
 HOSTPROGS  := $(TESTTOOLS:%=tests/%) doc/print_options
 TOOLS       = qt-faststart trasher
 TOOLS-$(CONFIG_ZLIB) += cws2fws
 
-BASENAMES   = ffmpeg ffplay ffprobe ffserver
-ALLPROGS    = $(BASENAMES:%=%$(PROGSSUF)$(EXESUF))
-ALLPROGS_G  = $(BASENAMES:%=%$(PROGSSUF)_g$(EXESUF))
-
 FFLIBS-$(CONFIG_AVDEVICE) += avdevice
 FFLIBS-$(CONFIG_AVFILTER) += avfilter
 FFLIBS-$(CONFIG_AVFORMAT) += avformat
@@ -51,9 +53,9 @@ include $(SRC_PATH)/common.mak
 FF_EXTRALIBS := $(FFEXTRALIBS)
 FF_DEP_LIBS  := $(DEP_LIBS)
 
-all: $(PROGS)
+all: $(AVPROGS)
 
-$(PROGS): %$(EXESUF): %_g$(EXESUF)
+$(AVPROGS): %$(EXESUF): %_g$(EXESUF)
 	$(CP) $< $@
 	$(STRIP) $@
 
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ endef
 $(foreach D,$(FFLIBS),$(eval $(call DOSUBDIR,lib$(D))))
 
 define DOPROG
-OBJS-$(1) += $(1).o cmdutils.o $(EXEOBJS) $(OBJS-$(1)-yes)
+OBJS-$(1) += $(1).o $(EXEOBJS) $(OBJS-$(1)-yes)
 $(1)$(PROGSSUF)_g$(EXESUF): $$(OBJS-$(1))
 $$(OBJS-$(1)): CFLAGS  += $(CFLAGS-$(1))
 $(1)$(PROGSSUF)_g$(EXESUF): LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS-$(1))
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ $(1)$(PROGSSUF)_g$(EXESUF): FF_EXTRALIBS += $(LIBS-$(1))
 -include $$(OBJS-$(1):.o=.d)
 endef
 
-$(foreach P,$(PROGS-yes),$(eval $(call DOPROG,$(P))))
+$(foreach P,$(PROGS),$(eval $(call DOPROG,$(P))))
 
 %$(PROGSSUF)_g$(EXESUF): %.o $(FF_DEP_LIBS)
 	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LD_O) $(OBJS-$*) $(FF_EXTRALIBS)
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ version.h .version:
 # force version.sh to run whenever version might have changed
 -include .version
 
-ifdef PROGS
+ifdef AVPROGS
 install: install-progs install-data
 endif
 
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ install-libs: install-libs-yes
 install-progs-yes:
 install-progs-$(CONFIG_SHARED): install-libs
 
-install-progs: install-progs-yes $(PROGS)
+install-progs: install-progs-yes $(AVPROGS)
 	$(Q)mkdir -p "$(BINDIR)"
 	$(INSTALL) -c -m 755 $(INSTPROGS) "$(BINDIR)"
 
@@ -145,13 +147,13 @@ install-data: $(DATA_FILES) $(EXAMPLES_FILES)
 uninstall: uninstall-libs uninstall-headers uninstall-progs uninstall-data
 
 uninstall-progs:
-	$(RM) $(addprefix "$(BINDIR)/", $(ALLPROGS))
+	$(RM) $(addprefix "$(BINDIR)/", $(ALLAVPROGS))
 
 uninstall-data:
 	$(RM) -r "$(DATADIR)"
 
 clean::
-	$(RM) $(ALLPROGS) $(ALLPROGS_G)
+	$(RM) $(ALLAVPROGS) $(ALLAVPROGS_G)
 	$(RM) $(CLEANSUFFIXES)
 	$(RM) $(CLEANSUFFIXES:%=tools/%)
 	$(RM) -r coverage-html
diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 50a68b4e05..17f34cfaf3 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ COMPONENTS-$(CONFIG_AVFORMAT)   += ffmpeg-formats ffmpeg-protocols
 COMPONENTS-$(CONFIG_AVDEVICE)   += ffmpeg-devices
 COMPONENTS-$(CONFIG_AVFILTER)   += ffmpeg-filters
 
-MANPAGES1   = $(PROGS-yes:%=doc/%.1)    $(PROGS-yes:%=doc/%-all.1)    $(COMPONENTS-yes:%=doc/%.1)
+MANPAGES1   = $(AVPROGS-yes:%=doc/%.1)    $(AVPROGS-yes:%=doc/%-all.1)    $(COMPONENTS-yes:%=doc/%.1)
 MANPAGES3   = $(LIBRARIES-yes:%=doc/%.3)
 MANPAGES    = $(MANPAGES1) $(MANPAGES3)
-PODPAGES    = $(PROGS-yes:%=doc/%.pod)  $(PROGS-yes:%=doc/%-all.pod)  $(COMPONENTS-yes:%=doc/%.pod)  $(LIBRARIES-yes:%=doc/%.pod)
-HTMLPAGES   = $(PROGS-yes:%=doc/%.html) $(PROGS-yes:%=doc/%-all.html) $(COMPONENTS-yes:%=doc/%.html) $(LIBRARIES-yes:%=doc/%.html) \
+PODPAGES    = $(AVPROGS-yes:%=doc/%.pod)  $(AVPROGS-yes:%=doc/%-all.pod)  $(COMPONENTS-yes:%=doc/%.pod)  $(LIBRARIES-yes:%=doc/%.pod)
+HTMLPAGES   = $(AVPROGS-yes:%=doc/%.html) $(AVPROGS-yes:%=doc/%-all.html) $(COMPONENTS-yes:%=doc/%.html) $(LIBRARIES-yes:%=doc/%.html) \
               doc/developer.html                                        \
               doc/faq.html                                              \
               doc/fate.html                                             \
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ uninstall-html:
 	$(RM) -r "$(DOCDIR)"
 
 uninstall-man:
-	$(RM) $(addprefix "$(MANDIR)/man1/",$(PROGS-yes:%=%.1) $(PROGS-yes:%=%-all.1) $(COMPONENTS-yes:%=%.1))
+	$(RM) $(addprefix "$(MANDIR)/man1/",$(AVPROGS-yes:%=%.1) $(AVPROGS-yes:%=%-all.1) $(COMPONENTS-yes:%=%.1))
 	$(RM) $(addprefix "$(MANDIR)/man3/",$(LIBRARIES-yes:%=%.3))
 
 clean:: docclean