diff --git a/www/elinks/Makefile b/www/elinks/Makefile
index 90cd80c3b239..7d816247f3d7 100644
--- a/www/elinks/Makefile
+++ b/www/elinks/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.47 2012/01/09 14:53:31 drochner Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.48 2012/06/13 15:16:53 abs Exp $
 
 DISTNAME=		elinks-0.12pre5
 PKGNAME=		${DISTNAME:S/pre/rc/}
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-256-colors
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-utf-8
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--without-lzma
 
+.include "../../mk/bsd.prefs.mk"
+
+# for backtrace
+.if ${OPSYS} == "NetBSD" && exists(/usr/include/execinfo.h)
+LIBS+=	-lexecinfo
+.endif
+
 .include "options.mk"
 
 .include "../../archivers/bzip2/buildlink3.mk"