diff --git a/lib/libtelnet/Makefile b/lib/libtelnet/Makefile
index bdeb3d23366..fa32e673060 100644
--- a/lib/libtelnet/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libtelnet/Makefile
@@ -6,5 +6,16 @@ SRCS=	genget.c getent.c misc.c
 CFLAGS+= -DHAS_CGETENT
 NOPIC=	true
 
+#
+# Before complaining about this, please *double-check* that you have
+# updated the ldconfig path in /etc/rc to include /usr/lib/compat that
+# was added in src/etc/rc rev 1.98.
+# This is so that `ld' will not continue to generate binaries linked
+# shared against libtelnet, so that in a future release we can move this
+# off to a compat dist (like compat22).
+#
+beforeinstall:
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}/lib${LIB}.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR}.${SHLIB_MINOR}
+
 .include <bsd.lib.mk>