diff --git a/usr.bin/ldd/Makefile.common b/usr.bin/ldd/Makefile.common
index 901bcb1ddca1..e62aef0322e8 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ldd/Makefile.common
+++ b/usr.bin/ldd/Makefile.common
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile.common,v 1.1 2009/01/06 03:59:56 mrg Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile.common,v 1.2 2012/02/17 08:13:18 matt Exp $
 
 LDELFSO=${NETBSDSRCDIR}/libexec/ld.elf_so
 CPPFLAGS+= -I${LDELFSO} -DLIBDIR=\"${LIBDIR}\"
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ CPPFLAGS+= -D_RTLD_SOURCE
 
 .if (${MACHINE_ARCH} == "sparc") || (${MACHINE_ARCH} == "sparc64") || \
     (${MACHINE_ARCH} == "arm") || (${MACHINE_ARCH} == "m68k") || \
-    (${MACHINE_ARCH} == "powerpc")
+    (${MACHINE_ARCH} == "powerpc") || (${MACHINE_ARCH:Mmips*} != "")
 CPPFLAGS+= -DVARPSZ
 .endif