diff --git a/gnu/lib/libreadline/readline/Makefile b/gnu/lib/libreadline/readline/Makefile
index 57fa01274fa0..c643df3940c8 100644
--- a/gnu/lib/libreadline/readline/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/lib/libreadline/readline/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ SUBDIR= doc
 
 LIB=    readline
 MAN=    doc/readline.3
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 
 TILDESRC= tilde.c
 SRCS=     readline.c vi_mode.c funmap.c keymaps.c parens.c search.c \
diff --git a/lib/libalias/Makefile b/lib/libalias/Makefile
index cc909c9a9c77..0fff9a7aae14 100644
--- a/lib/libalias/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libalias/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 LIB=	alias
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 SHLIB_MAJOR=	4
 MAN=	libalias.3
 SRCS=	alias.c alias_cuseeme.c alias_db.c alias_ftp.c alias_irc.c \
diff --git a/lib/libatm/Makefile b/lib/libatm/Makefile
index e2bc119e5caf..b2058fa30973 100644
--- a/lib/libatm/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libatm/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #
 
 LIB=	atm
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 SRCS=	atm_addr.c cache_key.c ioctl_subr.c ip_addr.c ip_checksum.c timer.c
 INCS=	libatm.h
 
diff --git a/lib/libc/Makefile b/lib/libc/Makefile
index 4d821363a00a..926ca029b66c 100644
--- a/lib/libc/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libc/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 # system call stubs.
 LIB=c
 SHLIB_MAJOR= 5
+SHLIBDIR?=/lib
 CFLAGS+=-I${.CURDIR}/include -I${.CURDIR}/../../include
 CFLAGS+=-I${.CURDIR}/${MACHINE_ARCH}
 CLEANFILES+=tags
diff --git a/lib/libcam/Makefile b/lib/libcam/Makefile
index 5637b2581878..8ea04df7e29e 100644
--- a/lib/libcam/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libcam/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 LIB=		cam
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 SRCS=		camlib.c scsi_cmdparse.c scsi_all.c scsi_da.c scsi_sa.c cam.c
 INCS=		camlib.h
 
diff --git a/lib/libcrypt/Makefile b/lib/libcrypt/Makefile
index 603a957f7dd6..a406a9f97a14 100644
--- a/lib/libcrypt/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libcrypt/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 SHLIB_MAJOR=	2
 LIB=		crypt
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 
 .PATH:		${.CURDIR}/../libmd
 SRCS=		crypt.c misc.c \
diff --git a/lib/libdevstat/Makefile b/lib/libdevstat/Makefile
index c7781da5e974..f29eb2c52626 100644
--- a/lib/libdevstat/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libdevstat/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 LIB=	devstat
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 # Bump DEVSTAT_USER_API_VER in devstat.h every time this is incremented.
 SHLIB_MAJOR= 4
 SRCS=	devstat.c
diff --git a/lib/libedit/Makefile b/lib/libedit/Makefile
index b4a0bbfe9917..98d9487ed377 100644
--- a/lib/libedit/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libedit/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 LIB=	edit
 SHLIB_MAJOR=	4
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 
 OSRCS=	chared.c common.c el.c emacs.c fcns.c help.c hist.c key.c map.c \
 	parse.c prompt.c read.c refresh.c search.c sig.c term.c tty.c vi.c
diff --git a/lib/libexpat/Makefile b/lib/libexpat/Makefile
index 3e98fa03bef3..496a12bcc446 100644
--- a/lib/libexpat/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libexpat/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 EXPAT=		${.CURDIR}/../../contrib/expat
 
 LIB=		bsdxml
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 SHLIB_MAJOR=	1
 SRCS=		xmlparse.c xmlrole.c xmltok.c
 INCS=		bsdxml.h
diff --git a/lib/libgeom/Makefile b/lib/libgeom/Makefile
index e08bb4c612ec..b70ba3c1880a 100644
--- a/lib/libgeom/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libgeom/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 LIB=	geom
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 SRCS+=	geom_getxml.c
 SRCS+=	geom_stats.c
 SRCS+=	geom_xml2tree.c
diff --git a/lib/libipsec/Makefile b/lib/libipsec/Makefile
index 23a10cceeaca..fc885114647b 100644
--- a/lib/libipsec/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libipsec/Makefile
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 LIB=	ipsec
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 SHLIB_MAJOR= 1
 CFLAGS+=-I. -I${.CURDIR}
 CFLAGS+=-DIPSEC_DEBUG -DIPSEC
diff --git a/lib/libipx/Makefile b/lib/libipx/Makefile
index 4c02334cb808..39e5770ac7d2 100644
--- a/lib/libipx/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libipx/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 LIB=	ipx
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 SRCS=	ipx_addr.c ipx_ntoa.c
 MAN=	ipx.3
 MLINKS+=ipx.3 ipx_addr.3 ipx.3 ipx_ntoa.3
diff --git a/lib/libkvm/Makefile b/lib/libkvm/Makefile
index f07948574153..8b72802bc0db 100644
--- a/lib/libkvm/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libkvm/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 LIB=	kvm
+SHLIBDIR?=/lib
 CFLAGS+=-DLIBC_SCCS -I${.CURDIR}
 SRCS=	kvm.c kvm_${MACHINE_ARCH}.c kvm_file.c kvm_getloadavg.c \
 	kvm_getswapinfo.c kvm_proc.c
diff --git a/lib/libmd/Makefile b/lib/libmd/Makefile
index eec6b3bf1a27..d39276af0753 100644
--- a/lib/libmd/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libmd/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 LIB=	md
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 SRCS=	md2c.c md4c.c md5c.c md2hl.c md4hl.c md5hl.c \
 	rmd160c.c rmd160hl.c \
 	sha0c.c sha0hl.c sha1c.c sha1hl.c
diff --git a/lib/libncurses/Makefile b/lib/libncurses/Makefile
index 0dc6702c4f41..01b55d189bfc 100644
--- a/lib/libncurses/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libncurses/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 NCURSES=${.CURDIR}/../../contrib/ncurses
 
 LIB=	ncurses
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 SHLIB_MAJOR=5
 
 # Should be elsewhere
@@ -233,11 +234,11 @@ SYMLINKS+=libncurses.a ${LIBDIR}/libmytinfo.a
 SYMLINKS+=libncurses.a ${LIBDIR}/libtinfo.a
 .if !defined(NOPIC)
 # no need for major at all, it's an ld-time redirection only
-SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${SHLIBDIR}/libcurses.so
-SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${SHLIBDIR}/libtermcap.so
-SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${SHLIBDIR}/libtermlib.so
-SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${SHLIBDIR}/libmytinfo.so
-SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${SHLIBDIR}/libtinfo.so
+SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${LIBDIR}/libcurses.so
+SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${LIBDIR}/libtermcap.so
+SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${LIBDIR}/libtermlib.so
+SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${LIBDIR}/libmytinfo.so
+SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${LIBDIR}/libtinfo.so
 .endif
 .if !defined(NOPROFILE)
 SYMLINKS+=libncurses_p.a ${LIBDIR}/libcurses_p.a
diff --git a/lib/libsbuf/Makefile b/lib/libsbuf/Makefile
index 222b4d116b08..5adfcd82fb78 100644
--- a/lib/libsbuf/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libsbuf/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 LIB=	sbuf
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 SRCS=	subr_sbuf.c 
 WARNS?= 2
 
diff --git a/lib/libufs/Makefile b/lib/libufs/Makefile
index d6552e8fa7c3..12b3dfe0b7d8 100644
--- a/lib/libufs/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libufs/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 LIB=	ufs
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 SRCS=	block.c cgroup.c inode.c sblock.c type.c
 INCS=	libufs.h
 MAN=	bread.3 cgread.3 libufs.3 sbread.3 ufs_disk_close.3
diff --git a/lib/libutil/Makefile b/lib/libutil/Makefile
index 76c40bcba74e..3ebf300e23f0 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libutil/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 LIB=	util
 SHLIB_MAJOR= 3
+SHLIBDIR?=/lib
 CFLAGS+=-Wall -DLIBC_SCCS -I${.CURDIR} -I${.CURDIR}/../libc/gen/
 CFLAGS+=-DINET6
 SRCS=	_secure_path.c auth.c fparseln.c login.c login_auth.c \
diff --git a/lib/libz/Makefile b/lib/libz/Makefile
index 34ac28f9ac4b..045a5d2f5aad 100644
--- a/lib/libz/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libz/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 MAINTAINER=peter@FreeBSD.org
 
 LIB=		z
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 MAN=		zlib.3
 
 #CFLAGS+=	-DMAX_WBITS=14 -DMAX_MEM_LEVEL=7
diff --git a/lib/msun/Makefile b/lib/msun/Makefile
index 23c13ca5013d..e390a639139d 100644
--- a/lib/msun/Makefile
+++ b/lib/msun/Makefile
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ ARCH_SRCS = e_acos.S e_asin.S e_atan2.S e_exp.S e_fmod.S e_log.S e_log10.S \
 CFLAGS+= -D_IEEE_LIBM
 
 LIB=	m
+SHLIBDIR?= /lib
 COMMON_SRCS= b_exp.c b_log.c b_tgamma.c \
 	e_acos.c e_acosf.c e_acosh.c e_acoshf.c e_asin.c e_asinf.c \
 	e_atan2.c e_atan2f.c e_atanh.c e_atanhf.c e_cosh.c e_coshf.c e_exp.c \
diff --git a/lib/ncurses/ncurses/Makefile b/lib/ncurses/ncurses/Makefile
index 0dc6702c4f41..01b55d189bfc 100644
--- a/lib/ncurses/ncurses/Makefile
+++ b/lib/ncurses/ncurses/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 NCURSES=${.CURDIR}/../../contrib/ncurses
 
 LIB=	ncurses
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 SHLIB_MAJOR=5
 
 # Should be elsewhere
@@ -233,11 +234,11 @@ SYMLINKS+=libncurses.a ${LIBDIR}/libmytinfo.a
 SYMLINKS+=libncurses.a ${LIBDIR}/libtinfo.a
 .if !defined(NOPIC)
 # no need for major at all, it's an ld-time redirection only
-SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${SHLIBDIR}/libcurses.so
-SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${SHLIBDIR}/libtermcap.so
-SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${SHLIBDIR}/libtermlib.so
-SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${SHLIBDIR}/libmytinfo.so
-SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${SHLIBDIR}/libtinfo.so
+SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${LIBDIR}/libcurses.so
+SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${LIBDIR}/libtermcap.so
+SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${LIBDIR}/libtermlib.so
+SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${LIBDIR}/libmytinfo.so
+SYMLINKS+=libncurses.so ${LIBDIR}/libtinfo.so
 .endif
 .if !defined(NOPROFILE)
 SYMLINKS+=libncurses_p.a ${LIBDIR}/libcurses_p.a
diff --git a/secure/lib/libcrypto/Makefile b/secure/lib/libcrypto/Makefile
index ffd50bc819a9..3b50af364162 100644
--- a/secure/lib/libcrypto/Makefile
+++ b/secure/lib/libcrypto/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 LIB=		crypto
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 SHLIB_MAJOR=	3
 
 NOLINT=		true
diff --git a/sys/netinet/libalias/Makefile b/sys/netinet/libalias/Makefile
index cc909c9a9c77..0fff9a7aae14 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/libalias/Makefile
+++ b/sys/netinet/libalias/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 LIB=	alias
+SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 SHLIB_MAJOR=	4
 MAN=	libalias.3
 SRCS=	alias.c alias_cuseeme.c alias_db.c alias_ftp.c alias_irc.c \