diff --git a/etc/Makefile b/etc/Makefile
index ed11c455353b..e428d680feb5 100644
--- a/etc/Makefile
+++ b/etc/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.331 2006/07/03 05:37:00 lukem Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.332 2006/07/12 13:12:03 lukem Exp $
 #	from: @(#)Makefile	8.7 (Berkeley) 5/25/95
 
 # Environment variables without default values:
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ MAKEDEV: .EXEC
 	    awk -f ${.CURDIR}/MAKEDEV.awk ${.CURDIR}/MAKEDEV.tmpl > ${.TARGET}
 
 RELEASEVARS=	BSDOBJDIR BSDSRCDIR BUILDID \
-		DESTDIR EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN \
+		DESTDIR EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN HAVE_GCC HAVE_GDB \
 		INSTALLWORLDDIR \
 		KERNARCHDIR KERNCONFDIR KERNOBJDIR KERNSRCDIR \
 		MACHINE MACHINE_ARCH MAKE MAKECONF MAKEFLAGS \