diff --git a/share/man/man5/src.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
index 16d959faee9b..b915f2b2bf29 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
@@ -1710,8 +1710,8 @@ as a set-user-ID root program.
 Set to not build the
 .Bx 4.4
 legacy docs.
-.It Va WITH_SHARED_TOOLCHAIN
-Set to build the toolchain binaries as dynamically linked executables.
+.It Va WITHOUT_SHARED_TOOLCHAIN
+Set to build the toolchain binaries as statically linked executables.
 The set includes
 .Xr cc 1 ,
 .Xr make 1
diff --git a/share/mk/src.opts.mk b/share/mk/src.opts.mk
index ace17c573fef..7eaca39aafe2 100644
--- a/share/mk/src.opts.mk
+++ b/share/mk/src.opts.mk
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ __DEFAULT_YES_OPTIONS = \
     SENDMAIL \
     SERVICESDB \
     SETUID_LOGIN \
+    SHARED_TOOLCHAIN \
     SHAREDOCS \
     SOURCELESS \
     SOURCELESS_HOST \
@@ -210,7 +211,6 @@ __DEFAULT_NO_OPTIONS = \
     OPENLDAP \
     REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD \
     RPCBIND_WARMSTART_SUPPORT \
-    SHARED_TOOLCHAIN \
     SORT_THREADS \
     SVN \
     ZONEINFO_LEAPSECONDS_SUPPORT \