diff --git a/mk/pkgformat/pkg/pkgformat-vars.mk b/mk/pkgformat/pkg/pkgformat-vars.mk
index 06fd7afdfcbd..28d4ea2a1f7c 100644
--- a/mk/pkgformat/pkg/pkgformat-vars.mk
+++ b/mk/pkgformat/pkg/pkgformat-vars.mk
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ PKG_DELETE_CMD?=	${PKG_TOOLS_BIN}/pkg_delete
 PKG_INFO_CMD?=		${PKG_TOOLS_BIN}/pkg_info
 LINKFARM_CMD?=		${PKG_TOOLS_BIN}/linkfarm
 
+NATIVE_PKG_TOOLS_BIN?=		${PKG_TOOLS_BIN}
 NATIVE_PKG_ADD_CMD?=		${NATIVE_PKG_TOOLS_BIN}/pkg_add
 NATIVE_PKG_ADMIN_CMD?=		${NATIVE_PKG_TOOLS_BIN}/pkg_admin
 NATIVE_PKG_CREATE_CMD?=		${NATIVE_PKG_TOOLS_BIN}/pkg_create