diff --git a/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk b/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk
index 03846250f31..783742bb236 100644
--- a/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk
+++ b/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #-*- mode: Fundamental; tab-width: 4; -*-
 # ex:ts=4 sw=4 filetype=make:
-FULL_REVISION=$$OpenBSD: bsd.port.mk,v 1.297 2000/06/09 19:34:31 espie Exp $$
+FULL_REVISION=$$OpenBSD: bsd.port.mk,v 1.298 2000/06/09 20:59:46 espie Exp $$
 #	$FreeBSD: bsd.port.mk,v 1.264 1996/12/25 02:27:44 imp Exp $
 #	$NetBSD: bsd.port.mk,v 1.62 1998/04/09 12:47:02 hubertf Exp $
 #
@@ -1948,7 +1948,7 @@ checkpatch:
 
 .if !target(reinstall)
 reinstall:
-	@rm -f ${_INSTALL_PRE_COOKIE} ${_INSTALL_COOKIE} ${_PACKAGE_COOKIE}
+	@${SUDO} rm -f ${_INSTALL_PRE_COOKIE} ${_INSTALL_COOKIE} ${_PACKAGE_COOKIE}
 	@cd ${.CURDIR} && DEPENDS_TARGET=${DEPENDS_TARGET} exec ${MAKE} install
 .endif