diff --git a/libexec/freebsd-version/Makefile b/libexec/freebsd-version/Makefile
index 96685c437888..c4d6e7f1a271 100644
--- a/libexec/freebsd-version/Makefile
+++ b/libexec/freebsd-version/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 SCRIPTS = freebsd-version
 MAN = freebsd-version.1
 BINDIR = /libexec
 CLEANFILES = freebsd-version.sh
 NEWVERS = ${.CURDIR}/../../sys/conf/newvers.sh
 
 freebsd-version.sh.in: ${NEWVERS}
-freebsd-version.sh: freebsd-version.sh.in
+freebsd-version.sh: ${.CURDIR}/freebsd-version.sh.in
 	eval $$(egrep '^(TYPE|REVISION|BRANCH)=' ${NEWVERS}) ; \
 	if ! sed -e "\
 			s/@@TYPE@@/$${TYPE}/g; \
 			s/@@REVISION@@/$${REVISION}/g; \
 			s/@@BRANCH@@/$${BRANCH}/g; \
 		" ${.ALLSRC} >${.TARGET} ; then \
 		rm -f ${.TARGET} ; \
 		exit 1 ; \
 	fi
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>