diff --git a/etc/defaults/make.conf b/etc/defaults/make.conf
index c707985770f..b5b2cddf0dd 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/make.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/make.conf
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #
 # To avoid building various parts of the base system:
 #NO_CVS=	true	# do not build CVS
+#NO_BIND=	true	# do not build BIND
 #NO_FORTRAN=	true	# do not build g77 and related libraries
 #NO_MAILWRAPPER=true	# do not build the mailwrapper(8) MTA selector
 #NO_OBJC=	true	# do not build Objective C support
diff --git a/share/examples/etc/make.conf b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
index c707985770f..b5b2cddf0dd 100644
--- a/share/examples/etc/make.conf
+++ b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #
 # To avoid building various parts of the base system:
 #NO_CVS=	true	# do not build CVS
+#NO_BIND=	true	# do not build BIND
 #NO_FORTRAN=	true	# do not build g77 and related libraries
 #NO_MAILWRAPPER=true	# do not build the mailwrapper(8) MTA selector
 #NO_OBJC=	true	# do not build Objective C support