diff --git a/tools/binstall/Makefile b/tools/binstall/Makefile
index de056717d474..e3f2d9cc648c 100644
--- a/tools/binstall/Makefile
+++ b/tools/binstall/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.7 2007/07/03 16:29:24 joerg Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.8 2012/12/02 12:18:16 apb Exp $
 
 HOSTPROGNAME=	${MACHINE_GNU_PLATFORM}-install
 HOST_SRCDIR=	usr.bin/xinstall
@@ -7,4 +7,10 @@ CPPFLAGS+=	-DTARGET_STRIP=\"${STRIP}\"
 
 .include "${.CURDIR}/../Makefile.host"
 
+# Use uninstalled copy of host-mkdep
+HOST_MKDEP_OBJ!= cd ${.CURDIR}/../host-mkdep && ${PRINTOBJDIR}
+HOST_MKDEP=	${HOST_MKDEP_OBJ}/host-mkdep
+MKDEP=		${HOST_MKDEP}
+
+# Use uninstalled copy of the install program
 INSTALL=	./xinstall