diff --git a/plan9/9term/Makefile b/plan9/9term/Makefile
index fe25083e5793..c53fee5fdc3c 100644
--- a/plan9/9term/Makefile
+++ b/plan9/9term/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.19 1999/09/21 03:16:07 hubertf Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.20 1999/10/04 23:14:56 simonb Exp $
 # FreeBSD Id: Makefile,v 1.5 1996/12/07 23:43:56 asami Exp
 #
 
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ MASTER_SITES=		ftp://ftp.ecf.toronto.edu/pub/plan9/matty/
 MAINTAINER=		packages@netbsd.org
 HOMEPAGE=		http://www.psrg.cs.usyd.edu.au/~matty/9term/index.html
 
+USE_X11=		yes
+
 # needs library and private header, but not during runtime
 BUILD_DEPENDS=		${BUILD_ROOT}/plan9/sam/${WRKDIR:T}/libframe/libframe.a:../../plan9/sam:all