1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d324c7dba9e3..f9339e64c4ec 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -500,6 +500,12 @@ buildLINT:
 	${MAKE} -C ${.CURDIR}/sys/${_TARGET}/conf LINT
 
 .if defined(.PARSEDIR)
+# this makefile does not run in meta mode
+.MAKE.MODE= normal
+# make sure things we run from here don't either
+WITHOUT_META_MODE=
+.export WITHOUT_META_MODE
+
 .if make(universe)
 # we do not want a failure of one branch abort all.
 MAKE_JOB_ERROR_TOKEN= no