diff --git a/tools/grep/Makefile b/tools/grep/Makefile
index fad04ce15809..8de2957ae3e0 100644
--- a/tools/grep/Makefile
+++ b/tools/grep/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.3 2018/08/12 07:53:38 christos Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.4 2018/08/12 09:03:42 christos Exp $
 #
 
 HOSTPROGNAME=   ${_TOOL_PREFIX}grep
 HOST_SRCDIR=    usr.bin/grep
 
-HOST_CPPFLAGS+=	-DWITHOUT_NLS -DWITHOUT_BZ2
+HOST_CPPFLAGS+=	-DWITHOUT_NLS -DWITHOUT_BZ2 -DWITHOUT_GZIP
 
 .include "${.CURDIR}/../Makefile.host"