diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.mkopt.mk b/share/mk/bsd.mkopt.mk
--- a/share/mk/bsd.mkopt.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.mkopt.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 #
 # Generic mechanism to deal with WITH and WITHOUT options and turn
-# them into MK_ options.
+# them into MK_ options.  Also turn group options into OPT_ options.
 #
 # For each option FOO in __DEFAULT_YES_OPTIONS, MK_FOO is set to
 # "yes", unless WITHOUT_FOO is defined, in which case it is set to
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 # system should use MK_FOO={yes,no} when it needs to override the
 # user's desires or default behavior.
 #
+# For each option in __SINGLE_OPTIONS, OPT_FOO is set to FOO if
+# defined and __FOO_DEFAULT if not.  Valid option for FOO are specifed
+# by __FOO_OPTIONS and if no __FOO_DEFAULT is set explicitly, it is
+# defined to be the first __FOO_OPTIONS value.
+#
 
 #
 # MK_* options which default to "yes".
@@ -93,6 +98,26 @@
 MK_${var}:=	no
 .endfor
 
+#
+# Group options set an OPT_FOO variable for each option.
+#
+.for opt in ${__SINGLE_OPTIONS}
+.if !defined(__${opt}_OPTIONS) || empty(__${opt}_OPTIONS)
+.error __${opt}_OPTIONS not defined or empty
+.endif
+.if !defined(__${opt}_DEFAULT)
+__${opt}_DEFAULT:=	${__${opt}_OPTIONS:[1]}
+.endif
+.if defined(${opt})
+OPT_${opt}:=	${${opt}}
+.else
+OPT_${opt}:=	${__${opt}_DEFAULT}
+.endif
+.if empty(OPT_${opt}) || ${__${opt}_OPTIONS:M${OPT_${opt}}} != ${OPT_${opt}}
+.error Invalid option OPT_${opt} (${OPT_${opt}}), must be one of: ${__${opt}_OPTIONS}
+.endif
+.endfor
+
 .for vv in ${__DEFAULT_DEPENDENT_OPTIONS}
 .if defined(WITH_${vv:H}) && defined(WITHOUT_${vv:H})
 MK_${vv:H}?= no