diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.progs.mk b/share/mk/bsd.progs.mk
index 7415092011eb..b4ba16dc5993 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.progs.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.progs.mk
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ stage_as.prog.${_prog}: ${_prog}
 .ifdef _RECURSING_PROGS
 MK_STAGING= no
 
-_PROGS_GLOBAL_VARS= CLEANFILES CLEANDIRS CONFGROUPS FILESGROUPS INCSGROUPS \
+_PROGS_GLOBAL_VARS= CLEANFILES CLEANDIRS CONFGROUPS DIRS FILESGROUPS INCSGROUPS \
 		    SCRIPTS
 .for v in ${_PROGS_GLOBAL_VARS}
 $v =