--- devel/e2fsprogs-libss/Makefile	(revision 569609)
+++ devel/e2fsprogs-libss/Makefile	(working copy)
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ 
 BUILD_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/lib/ss
 INSTALL_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/lib/ss
 FILESDIR=	${.CURDIR}/files
+LDFLAGS=	-L${WRKSRC}/lib/et
 
 PKGDIR=		${.CURDIR}
 
 pre-build:
-	(cd ${WRKSRC}/lib/ss && compile_et ss_err.et && \
+	${MAKE_CMD} -C ${WRKSRC}/lib/et
+	(cd ${WRKSRC}/lib/ss && \
+	_ET_DIR_OVERRIDE=${WRKSRC}/lib/et ../et/compile_et ss_err.et && \
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -f ${FILESDIR}/fix-ss_err.h.sed ss_err.h)
 
 .include "${MASTERDIR}/Makefile"