diff --git a/share/examples/etc/make.conf b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
index 94bc145f8a44..959979f60f57 100644
--- a/share/examples/etc/make.conf
+++ b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
 #NOPROFILE=	true	# Avoid compiling profiled libraries
 #NOSECURE=	true	# do not build crypto code in secure/ subdir
 #NOSHARE=	true	# do not go into the share subdir
+#NOUUCP=	true	# do not build uucp related programs
 #
 # To build the OpenSSL manpages, uncomment the following.  These are not
 # built by default because they clobber a number of system manpages with