diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 88f6d93c12..4e1e4bf730 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 	timer_ptr2id to cast struct timer_node * to void *.
 	* scripts/build-many-glibcs.py [os == gnu] (build_gcc): Pass
 	--disable-libcilkrts to gcc configure.
+	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/Makefile [$(subdir)==nis]: Add
+	-DUSE_BINDINGDIR=1 to CFLAGS-ypclnt.c.
 
 2018-01-27  James Clarke  <jrtc27@jrtc27.com>
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/Makefile b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/Makefile
index f0d3373b64..492ace05eb 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/Makefile
@@ -203,4 +203,8 @@ sysdep_headers += net/ethernet.h net/if_arp.h net/if_ether.h net/if_ppp.h \
 		  net/route.h
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(subdir),nis)
+CFLAGS-ypclnt.c += -DUSE_BINDINGDIR=1
+endif
+
 endif	# in-Makerules