--- Mk/bsd.port.mk.orig	Mon Jan 23 13:22:34 2006
+++ Mk/bsd.port.mk	Mon Jan 23 13:24:59 2006
@@ -4602,7 +4602,7 @@
 				continue;				\
 			fi;						\
 			${ECHO_CMD} $$d;				\
-			if ! children=$$(${MAKE} -C $$d -V _DEPEND_DIRS); then\
+			if ! children=$$(cd $$d && ${MAKE} -V _DEPEND_DIRS); then\
 				${ECHO_MSG} "${PKGNAME}: \"$$d\" erroneous -- dependency list incomplete" >&2; \
 				continue;				\
 			fi;						\