diff --git a/ftp/proftpd/Makefile b/ftp/proftpd/Makefile
index ff9c262d1c63..729befd45efe 100644
--- a/ftp/proftpd/Makefile
+++ b/ftp/proftpd/Makefile
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ PLIST_SUB+=	NLS="@comment "
 .endif
 
 .if !defined(WITHOUT_PCRE)
+INCLUDEDIRS:=${INCLUDEDIRS}:${LOCALBASE}/include
+LIBDIRS:=${LIBDIRS}:${LOCALBASE}/lib
 LIB_DEPENDS+=		pcre.1:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pcre
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-pcre
 .else