diff --git a/regress/unittests/Makefile.inc b/regress/unittests/Makefile.inc
index 7385e2ba3..20d32a7bf 100644
--- a/regress/unittests/Makefile.inc
+++ b/regress/unittests/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.6 2015/07/01 23:11:18 djm Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.7 2016/09/28 20:09:52 bluhm Exp $
 
 .include <bsd.own.mk>
 .include <bsd.obj.mk>
@@ -49,11 +49,15 @@ DPADD+=${.CURDIR}/../test_helper/libtest_helper.a
 
 .if exists(${.CURDIR}/${SSHREL}/lib/${__objdir})
 LDADD+=-L${.CURDIR}/${SSHREL}/lib/${__objdir} -lssh
-DPADD+=${.CURDIR}/${SSHREL}/lib/${__objdir}/libssh.a
+LIBSSH=${.CURDIR}/${SSHREL}/lib/${__objdir}/libssh.a
 .else
 LDADD+=-L${.CURDIR}/${SSHREL}/lib -lssh
-DPADD+=${.CURDIR}/${SSHREL}/lib/libssh.a
+LIBSSH=${.CURDIR}/${SSHREL}/lib/libssh.a
 .endif
+DPADD+=${LIBSSH}
+${PROG}: ${LIBSSH}
+${LIBSSH}:
+	cd ${.CURDIR}/${SSHREL} && ${MAKE} lib
 
 LDADD+= -lcrypto
 DPADD+= ${LIBCRYPTO}