diff --git a/x11/render/buildlink3.mk b/x11/render/buildlink3.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..968b7684c813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11/render/buildlink3.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# $NetBSD: buildlink3.mk,v 1.1 2004/02/03 01:41:49 recht Exp $
+#
+
+BUILDLINK_DEPTH:=	${BUILDLINK_DEPTH}+
+RENDER_BUILDLINK3_MK:=	${RENDER_BUILDLINK3_MK}+
+
+.if !empty(BUILDLINK_DEPTH:M+)
+BUILDLINK_DEPENDS+=	render
+.endif
+
+.if !empty(RENDER_BUILDLINK3_MK:M+)
+BUILDLINK_PACKAGES+=			render
+BUILDLINK_DEPENDS.render?=		render>=0.8
+BUILDLINK_PKGSRCDIR.render?=		../../x11/render
+
+.endif # RENDER_BUILDLINK3_MK
+
+BUILDLINK_DEPTH:=     ${BUILDLINK_DEPTH:S/+$//}