diff --git a/usr.sbin/cron/cron/Makefile b/usr.sbin/cron/cron/Makefile
index bf9cf0e6edfc..09cde801485c 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/cron/cron/Makefile
+++ b/usr.sbin/cron/cron/Makefile
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ SRCS=	cron.c database.c do_command.c job.c user.c popen.c
 MAN3=	bitstring.3
 MAN8=	cron.8
 
-.if exists({.CURDIR}/../lib/obj)
-LDADD+=	-L${.CURDIR}/../lib/obj -lcron
+.if exists(${.CURDIR}/../lib/obj)
+LDDESTDIR+=	-L${.CURDIR}/../lib/obj
+DPADD+=	${.CURDIR}/../lib/obj/libcron.a
 .else
-LDADD+=	-L${.CURDIR}/../lib -lcron
+LDDESTDIR+=	-L${.CURDIR}/../lib
+DPADD+=	${.CURDIR}/../lib/libcron.a
 .endif
 
+LDADD+= -lcron
+
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/Makefile b/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/Makefile
index e3fe3e541d32..f8337b259049 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/Makefile
+++ b/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/Makefile
@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@ MAN1=	crontab.1
 MAN5=	crontab.5
 
 .if exists(${.CURDIR}/../lib/obj)
-LDADD+=	-L${.CURDIR}/../lib/obj -lcron
+LDDESTDIR+=	-L${.CURDIR}/../lib/obj
+DPADD+=	${.CURDIR}/../lib/obj/libcron.a
 .else
-LDADD+=	-L${.CURDIR}/../lib -lcron
+LDDESTDIR+=	-L${.CURDIR}/../lib
+DPADD+=	${.CURDIR}/../lib/libcron.a
 .endif
 
+LDADD+=	-lcron
+
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>