diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 	world, or to merely disable the most expensive debugging functionality
 	at runtime, run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
+20250727:
+	bmake (i.e., /usr/bin/make and /usr/share/mk) has moved to a new
+	package, FreeBSD-bmake.  If you use pkgbase and you need make, you
+	should install this package.
+
 20250727:
 	LLVM's debugging assertions are now disabled in main by default.
 	The WITH_LLVM_ASSERTIONS src.conf(5) knob should be used to
diff --git a/release/packages/ucl/bmake-all.ucl b/release/packages/ucl/bmake-all.ucl
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/packages/ucl/bmake-all.ucl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+comment = "Program maintenance utility"
+desc = <<EOD
+make(1) allows programs to be built from source files based on a specification
+of the program's dependencies called a Makefile.
+EOD
diff --git a/release/packages/ucl/sendmail.ucl b/release/packages/ucl/sendmail.ucl
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/packages/ucl/sendmail.ucl
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+deps {
+	# sendmail requires make to build its configuration file.
+	"bmake": {
+		version = "${VERSION}"
+		origin = "base"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/release/packages/ucl/yp.ucl b/release/packages/ucl/yp.ucl
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/packages/ucl/yp.ucl
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+deps {
+	# YP requires bmake to rebuild the database.
+	"bmake": {
+		version = "${VERSION}"
+		origin = "base"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/share/mk/Makefile b/share/mk/Makefile
--- a/share/mk/Makefile
+++ b/share/mk/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 .include <src.opts.mk>
 
+PACKAGE= bmake
 FILES=	\
 	auto.obj.mk \
 	bsd.README \
diff --git a/usr.bin/bmake/Makefile.inc b/usr.bin/bmake/Makefile.inc
--- a/usr.bin/bmake/Makefile.inc
+++ b/usr.bin/bmake/Makefile.inc
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 .sinclude <src.opts.mk>
 
+PACKAGE?= bmake
+
 .if defined(.PARSEDIR)
 # make sure this is available to unit-tests/Makefile
 .export SRCTOP