diff --git a/bin/Makefile.inc b/bin/Makefile.inc
index 66f60e5430b7..2e9c7a6797de 100644
--- a/bin/Makefile.inc
+++ b/bin/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.8 1997/07/20 22:36:20 christos Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.9 1997/10/10 07:32:54 mikel Exp $
 #	@(#)Makefile.inc	8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
 
 WARNS?=		1
 BINDIR?=	/bin
-LDSTATIC=	-static
+LDSTATIC?=	-static
diff --git a/sbin/Makefile.inc b/sbin/Makefile.inc
index 0f7f44212c63..2964b8d522e1 100644
--- a/sbin/Makefile.inc
+++ b/sbin/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.11 1997/09/15 12:45:47 lukem Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.12 1997/10/10 07:33:01 mikel Exp $
 #	@(#)Makefile.inc	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93
 
 WARNS?=		1
 BINDIR?=	/sbin
-LDSTATIC=	-static
+LDSTATIC?=	-static