diff --git a/cddl/lib/Makefile b/cddl/lib/Makefile
index 955103e3e742..fddafa3a07da 100644
--- a/cddl/lib/Makefile
+++ b/cddl/lib/Makefile
@@ -33,4 +33,9 @@ _drti=		drti
 _libdtrace=	libdtrace
 .endif
 
+SUBDIR_DEPEND_libdtrace=	libctf
+SUBDIR_DEPEND_libzfs=	libavl libnvpair libumem libuutil libzfs_core
+
+SUBDIR_PARALLEL=
+
 .include <bsd.subdir.mk>