diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.own.mk b/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
index 5cf30663bdb0..25df6fdb3221 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: bsd.own.mk,v 1.293 2002/05/07 12:13:54 lukem Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: bsd.own.mk,v 1.294 2002/05/20 14:34:07 thorpej Exp $
 
 .if !defined(_BSD_OWN_MK_)
 _BSD_OWN_MK_=1
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ MACHINE_GNU_ARCH=${GNU_ARCH.${MACHINE_ARCH}:U${MACHINE_ARCH}}
 # an "elf" tag for historically a.out platforms.
 .if ${OBJECT_FMT} == "ELF" && \
     (${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH} == "arm" || \
+     ${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH} == "armeb" || \
      ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "i386" || \
      ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "m68k" || \
      ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "m68000" || \
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ MACHINE_GNU_PLATFORM=${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}--netbsd
 .endif
 
 # CPU model, derived from MACHINE_ARCH
-MACHINE_CPU=	${MACHINE_ARCH:C/mipse[bl]/mips/:C/sh3e[bl]/sh3/:S/m68000/m68k/}
+MACHINE_CPU=	${MACHINE_ARCH:C/mipse[bl]/mips/:C/sh3e[bl]/sh3/:S/m68000/m68k/:S/armeb/arm/}
 
 TARGETS+=	all clean cleandir depend dependall includes \
 		install lint obj regress tags html installhtml cleanhtml