Index: head/Mk/bsd.commands.mk
===================================================================
--- head/Mk/bsd.commands.mk
+++ head/Mk/bsd.commands.mk
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 .elif !defined(_PKGTOOLSDEFINED)
 _PKGTOOLSDEFINED=	yes
 PKG_BIN?=		${LOCALBASE}/sbin/pkg-static
-PKG_CMD?=		${PKG_BIN} register
+PKG_REGISTER?=		${PKG_BIN} register
 PKG_DELETE?=		${PKG_BIN} delete -y
 PKG_INFO?=		${PKG_BIN} info -g
 PKG_VERSION?=		${PKG_BIN} version
Index: head/Mk/bsd.port.mk
===================================================================
--- head/Mk/bsd.port.mk
+++ head/Mk/bsd.port.mk
@@ -4587,9 +4587,9 @@
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "===>   Registering installation for ${PKGNAME}"
 .endif
 .if defined(INSTALLS_DEPENDS)
-	@${SETENV} ${PKG_ENV} FORCE_POST="${_FORCE_POST_PATTERNS}" ${PKG_CMD} -d ${STAGE_ARGS} -m ${METADIR} -f ${TMPPLIST}
+	@${SETENV} ${PKG_ENV} FORCE_POST="${_FORCE_POST_PATTERNS}" ${PKG_REGISTER} -d ${STAGE_ARGS} -m ${METADIR} -f ${TMPPLIST}
 .else
-	@${SETENV} ${PKG_ENV} FORCE_POST="${_FORCE_POST_PATTERNS}" ${PKG_CMD} ${STAGE_ARGS} -m ${METADIR} -f ${TMPPLIST}
+	@${SETENV} ${PKG_ENV} FORCE_POST="${_FORCE_POST_PATTERNS}" ${PKG_REGISTER} ${STAGE_ARGS} -m ${METADIR} -f ${TMPPLIST}
 .endif
 	@${RM} -r ${METADIR}
 .endif
Index: head/ports-mgmt/pkg-devel/Makefile
===================================================================
--- head/ports-mgmt/pkg-devel/Makefile
+++ head/ports-mgmt/pkg-devel/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 PORTDOCS=	NEWS
 
-# Use a submake as 'deinstall install' needs to reevaluate PKG_CMD
+# Use a submake as 'deinstall install' needs to reevaluate PKG_REGISTER
 # so that pkg-static is used from the wrkdir
 USE_SUBMAKE=	yes