diff --git a/lib/liblua/Makefile b/lib/liblua/Makefile
index 28fc05a9aa71..e5f5e3c5960a 100644
--- a/lib/liblua/Makefile
+++ b/lib/liblua/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ CFLAGS+=	-DLUA_PROGNAME="\"${PROG}\""
 .if defined(BOOTSTRAPPING)
 CFLAGS+=	-DLUA_PATH_DEFAULT="\"/nonexistent/?.lua\""
 CFLAGS+=	-DLUA_CPATH_DEFAULT="\"/nonexistent/?.so\""
+# We don't support dynamic libs on bootstrap builds.
+CFLAGS+=	-DBOOTSTRAPPING
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.lib.mk>
diff --git a/libexec/flua/Makefile b/libexec/flua/Makefile
index c852bd4fe499..cfa1f2460f5f 100644
--- a/libexec/flua/Makefile
+++ b/libexec/flua/Makefile
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ CFLAGS+=	-DLUA_USE_READLINE
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCTOP}/lib/libedit -I${SRCTOP}/contrib/libedit
 LIBADD+=	edit
 LDFLAGS+=	-Wl,-E
-.else
-# We don't support dynamic libs on bootstrap builds.
-CFLAGS+=	-DBOOTSTRAPPING
 .endif
 
 UCLSRC?=	${SRCTOP}/contrib/libucl