diff --git a/pkgconfig/Makefile b/pkgconfig/Makefile
index cdcf8be8..4bf28cfb 100644
--- a/pkgconfig/Makefile
+++ b/pkgconfig/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ DIR=	${LIBDIR}/pkgconfig
 SRCS=	einfo.pc.in openrc.pc.in
 INC=	einfo.pc openrc.pc
 
-sed -n -e 's/^VERSION=[[:space:]]*\([^[:space:]]*\).*/#define VERSION "\1${GITVER}\"/p' ../../Makefile > version.h
+.DEFAULT:
+	${SED} -n -e 's/^VERSION=[[:space:]]*\([^[:space:]]*\).*/#define VERSION "\1${GITVER}\"/p' ../../Makefile > version.h
 
 SED_EXTRA=	-e 's:@VERSION@:${VERSION}:g'