diff --git a/lib/libc/nls/Makefile.inc b/lib/libc/nls/Makefile.inc
index c27d215901ac..5473d3862722 100644
--- a/lib/libc/nls/Makefile.inc
+++ b/lib/libc/nls/Makefile.inc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ NLS+=	ru_RU.KOI8-R
 NLS+=	sk_SK.ISO8859-2
 NLS+=	sv_SE.ISO8859-1
 
-beforeinstall:
+.BEGIN:
 .for c in ${NLS}
 	mkdir -p ${CANONICALOBJDIR}/../../lib32/usr/share/nls/${c}
 	mkdir -p ${CANONICALOBJDIR}/../../tmp/usr/share/nls/${c}