diff --git a/math/xmgr/Makefile b/math/xmgr/Makefile
index 77f1276efefb..2ad4909c6c19 100644
--- a/math/xmgr/Makefile
+++ b/math/xmgr/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Date created:		So   2 Mär 1997 12:11:43 MET
 # Whom:			Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
 #
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.2 1998/04/30 08:31:47 tg Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.3 1998/04/30 08:35:42 tg Exp $
 #
 
 DISTNAME=	xmgr-3.01
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ USE_IMAKE=		yes
 REQUIRES_MOTIF=		yes
 NO_INSTALL_MANPAGES=	yes
 
+pre-extract:
+	@$(ECHO_MSG) "Xinside Motif ? Then put this into /etc/make.conf:"
+	@$(ECHO_MSG) "    MOTIFLIB=-L\${X11BASE}/lib -lXm -lXintl"
+
 post-install:		
 	@( cd ${X11BASE}/bin; ln -sf xmgr grbatch )
 
diff --git a/math/xmgr/files/patch-aa b/math/xmgr/files/patch-aa
index 83e6388d672d..3b183884dafb 100644
--- a/math/xmgr/files/patch-aa
+++ b/math/xmgr/files/patch-aa
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  ##################################
  XLIB = -lX11
 -LOCAL_LIBRARIES = -lXm -lXt -lPW
-+LOCAL_LIBRARIES = -lXm -lXt -lcompat
++LOCAL_LIBRARIES = $(MOTIFLIB) -lXt -lcompat
  LDLIBS = $(XLIB) -lm
  DEPLIBS = 
  #################################