diff --git a/wm/blackbox/Makefile b/wm/blackbox/Makefile
index d6deca460bbc..b4e9ee290795 100644
--- a/wm/blackbox/Makefile
+++ b/wm/blackbox/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.15 2003/07/21 17:34:00 martti Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.16 2003/08/08 08:30:48 grant Exp $
 #
 
 DISTNAME=	blackbox-0.65.0
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ COMMENT=	Small and fast X11R6 window manager
 DEPENDS=	bsetroot>=0.1nb1:../../wm/bsetroot
 
 USE_BUILDLINK2=	YES
+USE_GCC_SHLIB=	YES
 USE_X11=	YES
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	YES
 
diff --git a/wm/bsetroot/Makefile b/wm/bsetroot/Makefile
index 1a293162e011..b5213ed8aae4 100644
--- a/wm/bsetroot/Makefile
+++ b/wm/bsetroot/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.8 2003/07/21 17:34:01 martti Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.9 2003/08/08 08:30:19 grant Exp $
 #
 
 DISTNAME=	blackbox-0.65.0
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ HOMEPAGE=	http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/
 COMMENT=	Tools to set the root windows background
 
 USE_BUILDLINK2=	YES
+USE_GCC_SHLIB=	YES
 USE_X11=	YES
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	YES