diff --git a/libexec/telnetd/Makefile b/libexec/telnetd/Makefile
index c05ae442d27e..49ba22acc15d 100644
--- a/libexec/telnetd/Makefile
+++ b/libexec/telnetd/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.16 1998/09/05 14:48:39 lukem Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.17 1999/01/03 21:56:42 cjs Exp $
 #	from: @(#)Makefile	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/15/93
 
 .include <bsd.own.mk>			# for EXPORTABLE_SYSTEM definition
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ MAN=	telnetd.8
 # XXX Keep telnetd(8) and libtelnet from getting out of sync during the build
 # XXX process.
 .if !exists(${.CURDIR}/../../domestic/libexec/telnetd) || \
-    defined(EXPORTABLE_SYSTEM) || make(clean) || make(cleandir) || \
-    make(distclean)
+    defined(EXPORTABLE_SYSTEM) || \
+    make (obj) || make(clean) || make(cleandir) || make(distclean)
 
 PROG=	telnetd
 CPPFLAGS+=-DLINEMODE -DKLUDGELINEMODE -DUSE_TERMIO -DDIAGNOSTICS -DOPENPTY_PTY