diff --git a/stand/userboot/userboot/Makefile b/stand/userboot/userboot/Makefile
index 2aa41619e03b..29fa12c55723 100644
--- a/stand/userboot/userboot/Makefile
+++ b/stand/userboot/userboot/Makefile
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ NEWVERSWHAT=	"User boot" ${MACHINE_CPUARCH}
 .if ${MK_ZFS} != "no"
 CFLAGS+=	-DUSERBOOT_ZFS_SUPPORT
 LIBZFSBOOT=	${BOOTOBJ}/zfs/libzfsboot.a
+HAVE_ZFS=yes
 .endif
 
 # Always add MI sources