diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.README b/share/mk/bsd.README
index 4293de62cfe0..03990bd22aea 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.README
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: bsd.README,v 1.270 2010/06/08 22:22:25 riz Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: bsd.README,v 1.271 2010/06/17 06:17:02 mrg Exp $
 #	@(#)bsd.README	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/2/94
 
 This is the README file for the make "include" files for the NetBSD
@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@ MKPIE		If "no", create regular executables. Otherwise create
 		PIE (Position Independent Executables).
 		Default: no
 
+MKPIGZ		If "no", disables building of pigz and uses NetBSD gzip.
+		Default: no
+
 MKPOSTFIX	If "no", don't build or install postfix(1).
 		Default: yes
 
diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.own.mk b/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
index 70463b4502e5..f66220a231e4 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: bsd.own.mk,v 1.629 2010/06/04 20:19:39 joerg Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: bsd.own.mk,v 1.630 2010/06/17 06:17:02 mrg Exp $
 
 # This needs to be before bsd.init.mk
 .if defined(BSD_MK_COMPAT_FILE)
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ _MKVARS.no= \
 	MKDTRACE MKEXTSRC \
 	MKMANDOC MKMANZ MKOBJDIRS \
 	MKPCC MKPCCCMDS \
+	MKPIGZ \
 	MKSOFTFLOAT MKSTRIPIDENT \
 	MKUNPRIVED MKUPDATE MKX11 MKZFS
 .for var in ${_MKVARS.no}