diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.port.mk b/share/mk/bsd.port.mk
index 5e88d5bf4826..ec3518f78ddd 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.port.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.port.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #	bsd.port.mk - 940820 Jordan K. Hubbard.
 #	This file is in the public domain.
 #
-# $Id: bsd.port.mk,v 1.210 1996/06/19 09:33:31 asami Exp $
+# $Id: bsd.port.mk,v 1.211 1996/06/20 18:51:28 jkh Exp $
 #
 # Please view me with 4 column tabs!
 
@@ -249,7 +249,13 @@ cleandir: clean
 .endif
 .endif
 
+.if !target(distribute)
+distribute:
+	@cd ${.CURDIR} && ${MAKE} install DESTDIR=${DISTDIR}/${DISTRIBUTION}
 .endif
+.endif
+# end of SRC_ENCAPSULATION defines
+
 
 # These need to be absolute since we don't know how deep in the ports
 # tree we are and thus can't go relative.  They can, of course, be overridden