diff --git a/plan9/9menu/Makefile b/plan9/9menu/Makefile
index ab61154c4e8..5f905fd76dd 100644
--- a/plan9/9menu/Makefile
+++ b/plan9/9menu/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.3 1999/05/12 19:11:35 brad Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.4 1999/06/03 00:52:13 brad Exp $
 
 DISTNAME=	9menu-1.5
 CATEGORIES=	plan9
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ MAINTAINER=	angelos@openbsd.org
 
 USE_X11=	yes
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
-EXTRACT_CMD=		zcat
-EXTRACT_BEFORE_ARGS=
-EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS=	|sh
+EXTRACT_CMD=	${GZCAT}
+EXTRACT_BEFORE_ARGS=	# empty
+EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS= | ${SH}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>