Index: head/Mk/Scripts/qa.sh
===================================================================
--- head/Mk/Scripts/qa.sh
+++ head/Mk/Scripts/qa.sh
@@ -918,7 +918,9 @@
 {
 	local lic autoaccept pkgmirror #distsell distmirror pkgsell
 
-	if [ -n "$LICENSE" ]; then
+	if [ -n "$DISABLE_LICENSES" ]; then
+		warn "You have disabled the licenses framework with DISABLE_LICENSES, unable to run checks"
+	elif [ -n "$LICENSE" ]; then
 		for lic in $LICENSE_PERMS; do
 			case "$lic" in
 				auto-accept) autoaccept=1 ;;
Index: head/Mk/bsd.port.mk
===================================================================
--- head/Mk/bsd.port.mk
+++ head/Mk/bsd.port.mk
@@ -1633,6 +1633,7 @@
 				PKGBASE=${PKGBASE} \
 				LICENSE="${LICENSE}" \
 				LICENSE_PERMS="${_LICENSE_PERMS}" \
+				DISABLE_LICENSES="${DISABLE_LICENSES:Dyes}" \
 				PORTNAME=${PORTNAME} \
 				NO_ARCH=${NO_ARCH} \
 				"NO_ARCH_IGNORE=${NO_ARCH_IGNORE}" \