diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.own.mk b/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
index 2cbfd2184e43..56a9656e8d2f 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: bsd.own.mk,v 1.1079 2018/11/10 01:40:46 macallan Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: bsd.own.mk,v 1.1080 2018/11/10 22:19:33 maya Exp $
 
 # This needs to be before bsd.init.mk
 .if defined(BSD_MK_COMPAT_FILE)
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ MKCOMPATMODULES:=	no
 # These platforms use softfloat by default.
 #
 .if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "mips64eb" || ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "mips64el"
-MKSOFTFLOAT?=	no
+MKSOFTFLOAT?=	yes
 .endif
 
 #