diff --git a/stand/defs.mk b/stand/defs.mk
index 8d4be1ee767c..79e52690a599 100644
--- a/stand/defs.mk
+++ b/stand/defs.mk
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ LIBGELIBOOT=	${BOOTOBJ}/geli/libgeliboot.a
 .endif # MK_LOADER_GELI
 .endif # HAVE_GELI
 
+# These should be confined to loader.mk, but can't because uboot/lib
+# also uses it. It's part of loader, but isn't a loader so we can't
+# just include loader.mk
+.if ${LOADER_DISK_SUPPORT:Uyes} == "yes"
+CFLAGS+= -DLOADER_DISK_SUPPORT
+.endif
+
 # Machine specific flags for all builds here
 
 # All PowerPC builds are 32 bit. We have no 64-bit loaders on powerpc
diff --git a/stand/loader.mk b/stand/loader.mk
index 4acd9c75f96f..9a6b19203db9 100644
--- a/stand/loader.mk
+++ b/stand/loader.mk
@@ -105,16 +105,13 @@ CFLAGS+=	-DLOADER_NFS_SUPPORT
 CFLAGS+=	-DLOADER_TFTP_SUPPORT
 .endif
 
-# Disk and partition support
-.if ${LOADER_DISK_SUPPORT:Uyes} == "yes"
-CFLAGS+= -DLOADER_DISK_SUPPORT
+# Partition support
 .if ${LOADER_GPT_SUPPORT:Uyes} == "yes"
 CFLAGS+= -DLOADER_GPT_SUPPORT
 .endif
 .if ${LOADER_MBR_SUPPORT:Uyes} == "yes"
 CFLAGS+= -DLOADER_MBR_SUPPORT
 .endif
-.endif
 
 .if defined(HAVE_ZFS)
 CFLAGS+=	-DLOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT