diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/ld/rtld/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/ld/rtld/Makefile
index 62307743e545..9dcb97347b09 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/ld/rtld/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/ld/rtld/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.12 1996/01/02 08:54:28 thorpej Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.13 1996/06/08 22:22:26 pk Exp $
 
 PROG=	ld.so
 SRCS=	mdprologue.S rtld.c malloc.c shlib.c etc.c md.c vfprintf.c
-#NOMAN=	noman
 MAN= rtld.1
 LDDIR?= $(.CURDIR)/..
-#PICFLAG=-pic
 PICFLAG=-fpic -fno-function-cse
 CFLAGS+=-I$(LDDIR) -I$(.CURDIR) -I$(LDDIR)/$(MACHINE_ARCH) $(PICFLAG) -DRTLD -DLIBC_SCCS
-LDFLAGS+=-Bshareable -Bsymbolic -assert nosymbolic
 ASFLAGS+=-k
+LDFLAGS+=-Bshareable -Bsymbolic -assert nosymbolic
+.if defined(DESTDIR)
+LDFLAGS+= -nostdlib -L${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+.endif
 LDADD+=	-lc_pic
 BINDIR= /usr/libexec
 MLINKS=	rtld.1 ld.so.1
diff --git a/libexec/ld.aout_so/Makefile b/libexec/ld.aout_so/Makefile
index 62307743e545..9dcb97347b09 100644
--- a/libexec/ld.aout_so/Makefile
+++ b/libexec/ld.aout_so/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.12 1996/01/02 08:54:28 thorpej Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.13 1996/06/08 22:22:26 pk Exp $
 
 PROG=	ld.so
 SRCS=	mdprologue.S rtld.c malloc.c shlib.c etc.c md.c vfprintf.c
-#NOMAN=	noman
 MAN= rtld.1
 LDDIR?= $(.CURDIR)/..
-#PICFLAG=-pic
 PICFLAG=-fpic -fno-function-cse
 CFLAGS+=-I$(LDDIR) -I$(.CURDIR) -I$(LDDIR)/$(MACHINE_ARCH) $(PICFLAG) -DRTLD -DLIBC_SCCS
-LDFLAGS+=-Bshareable -Bsymbolic -assert nosymbolic
 ASFLAGS+=-k
+LDFLAGS+=-Bshareable -Bsymbolic -assert nosymbolic
+.if defined(DESTDIR)
+LDFLAGS+= -nostdlib -L${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+.endif
 LDADD+=	-lc_pic
 BINDIR= /usr/libexec
 MLINKS=	rtld.1 ld.so.1