diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.own.mk b/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
index 370b9bc3ddbc..86b2941d5a6e 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: bsd.own.mk,v 1.856 2015/06/22 06:47:26 matt Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: bsd.own.mk,v 1.857 2015/06/23 01:38:17 matt Exp $
 
 # This needs to be before bsd.init.mk
 .if defined(BSD_MK_COMPAT_FILE)
@@ -758,6 +758,10 @@ MKGDB.ia64=	no
 MKPICLIB:=	no
 .endif
 
+# PowerPC64 and AArch64 ABI's are PIC
+MKPICLIB.powerpc64=	no
+#MKPICLIB.aarch64=	no
+
 #
 # On VAX using ELF, all objects are PIC, not just shared libraries,
 # so don't build the _pic version.