Index: bsd.port.mk
===================================================================
diff --git a/head/Mk/bsd.port.mk b/head/Mk/bsd.port.mk
--- a/head/Mk/bsd.port.mk	(revision 320795)
+++ b/head/Mk/bsd.port.mk	(working copy)
@@ -1134,6 +1134,7 @@
 INDEXDIR?=		${PORTSDIR}
 SRC_BASE?=		/usr/src
 USESDIR?=		${PORTSDIR}/Mk/Uses
+LIB_DIRS?=		/lib /usr/lib ${LOCALBASE}/lib
 
 # make sure bmake treats -V as expected 
 .MAKE.EXPAND_VARIABLES= yes
@@ -5092,9 +5093,39 @@
 .endif
 .endfor
 
-lib-depends:
+get-lib-path:
+_LDPATH!=	${CAT} ${LOCALBASE}/libdata/ldconfig/* 2>/dev/null || ${ECHO_CMD}
+LIB_DIRS+=	${_LDPATH:O:u}
+
+lib-depends: get-lib-path
 .if defined(LIB_DEPENDS) && !defined(NO_DEPENDS)
-	@set -e ; for i in ${LIB_DEPENDS}; do \
+	@set -e ; \
+	for i in ${LIB_DEPENDS:M*.so*\:*}; do \
+		lib=$${i%%:*} ; \
+		dir=$${i#*:}  ; \
+		target="${DEPENDS_TARGET}"; \
+		depends_args="${DEPENDS_ARGS}"; \
+		${ECHO_MSG}  -n "====> ${PKGNAME} depends on shared library: $${lib}:" ; \
+		found=0 ; \
+		for libdir in ${LIB_DIRS}; do \
+			test -f $${libdir}/$${lib} || continue; \
+			if [ -x /usr/bin/file ]; then \
+				[ `file  -b -L --mime-type $${libdir}/$${lib}` = "application/x-sharedlib" ] || continue ; \
+			fi ; \
+			found=1 ; \
+			${ECHO_MSG} " - found"; \
+		done ; \
+		if [ $${found} -eq 0 ]; then \
+			${ECHO_MSG} " - not found"; \
+			${ECHO_MSG} "===>    Verifying for $$lib in $$dir"; \
+			if [ ! -d "$$dir" ] ; then \
+				${ECHO_MSG} "    => No directory for $$lib.  Skipping.."; \
+			else \
+				${_INSTALL_DEPENDS} \
+			fi ; \
+		fi ; \
+	done
+	@set -e ; for i in ${LIB_DEPENDS:N*.so*\:*}; do \
 		lib=$${i%%:*}; \
 		pattern="`${ECHO_CMD} $$lib | ${SED} -E -e 's/\./\\\\./g' -e 's/(\\\\)?\+/\\\\+/g'`"\
 		dir=$${i#*:}; \