diff --git a/lib/libmt/Makefile b/lib/libmt/Makefile
index fe54d2fe80b..6fe59201a87 100644
--- a/lib/libmt/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libmt/Makefile
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ SHLIBDIR?=	/lib
 SRCS=		mtlib.c
 INCS=		mtlib.h
 
-DPADD=		${LIBSBUF}
-LDADD=		-lsbuf
+LIBADD=		sbuf bsdxml
 
 MAN=		mt.3
 
diff --git a/share/mk/src.libnames.mk b/share/mk/src.libnames.mk
index 75c90a0a6d7..d6a9ba29ac4 100644
--- a/share/mk/src.libnames.mk
+++ b/share/mk/src.libnames.mk
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ _LIBRARIES=	\
 		md \
 		memstat \
 		mp \
+		mt \
 		nandfs \
 		ncurses \
 		ncursesw \
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ _DP_proc+=	ctf
 _DP_mp=	crypto
 _DP_memstat=	kvm
 _DP_magic=	z
+_DP_mt=		bsdxml
 _DP_ldns=	crypto
 .if ${MK_OPENSSL} != "no"
 _DP_fetch=	ssl crypto
@@ -259,6 +261,9 @@ LDADD_atf_cxx+=	${LDADD_atf_c}
 DPADD_ipf+=	${DPADD_kvm}
 LDADD_ipf+=	${LDADD_kvm}
 
+DPADD_mt+=	${DPADD_sbuf}
+LDADD_mt+=	${LDADD_sbuf}
+
 # The following depends on libraries which are using pthread
 DPADD_hdb+=	${DPADD_pthread}
 LDADD_hdb+=	${LDADD_pthread}
diff --git a/usr.bin/mt/Makefile b/usr.bin/mt/Makefile
index 802eed18ec1..b71c2f8ea69 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mt/Makefile
+++ b/usr.bin/mt/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PROG=	mt
-DPADD=	${LIBMT} ${LIBSBUF} ${LIBBSDXML}
-LDADD=	-lmt -lsbuf -lbsdxml
+LIBADD=	mt
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>