diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile b/tools/build/Makefile
index f6c4e4a89247..0db3f8b2f11b 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ SYSINCS+=	${SRCTOP}/sys/sys/font.h
 
 # basic commands: It is fine to use the host version for all of these even on
 # Linux/MacOS since we only use flags that are supported by all of them.
-_host_tools_to_symlink=	basename bzip2 bunzip2 chmod chown cmp comm cp date \
+_host_tools_to_symlink=	basename bzip2 bunzip2 chmod chown cmp comm cp date dd \
 	dirname echo env false find fmt gzip gunzip head hostname id ln ls \
 	mkdir mv nice patch rm realpath sh sleep stat tee touch tr true uname \
 	uniq wc which