diff --git a/x11/cde/Makefile b/x11/cde/Makefile
index 257ecc4ea23c1d6a36241b08ce1426da0b9cf77d..afc2a5219849be129997c236030b04086255303c 100644
--- a/x11/cde/Makefile
+++ b/x11/cde/Makefile
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}
 ALL_TARGET=	World
 MAKE_ARGS+=	PERL=${PERL} "LOCAL_LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS}"
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=yes
+MAKE_ENV=	MALLOC_CONF=junk:false
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 LDFLAGS+=	-z muldefs #--allow-multiple-definition