diff --git a/external/cddl/osnet/lib/libnvpair/Makefile b/external/cddl/osnet/lib/libnvpair/Makefile
index 3eb5e8b80bc8..4d00d4ba739b 100644
--- a/external/cddl/osnet/lib/libnvpair/Makefile
+++ b/external/cddl/osnet/lib/libnvpair/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.1 2009/08/07 20:57:56 haad Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.2 2010/02/17 17:36:32 christos Exp $
 
 .PATH:  ${.CURDIR}/../../dist/lib/libnvpair
 .PATH:  ${.CURDIR}/../../dist/common/nvpair
 
 LIB=	nvpair
 
-SRCS=	libnvpair.c nvpair_alloc_system.c nvpair_alloc_fixed.c nvpair.c
+SRCS=	lib_nvpair.c nvpair_alloc_system.c nvpair_alloc_fixed.c nvpair.c
+
+lib_nvpair.c: libnvpair.c
+	@rm -f ${.TARGET}
+	@ln -s ${.ALLSRC} ${.TARGET}
+
+CLEANFILES+=lib_nvpair.c
 
 .include "../../Makefile.zfs"
 .include <bsd.lib.mk>