diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index 752bb6340e99..50e66796ae1c 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ CLEANDIR=	cleandir
 
 SUP?=		cvsup
 SUPFLAGS?=	-g -L 2 -P -
+.if defined(SUPHOST)
+SUPFLAGS+=	-h ${SUPHOST}
+.endif
 
 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX?=	/usr/obj
 TARGET_ARCH?=	${MACHINE_ARCH}
diff --git a/etc/defaults/make.conf b/etc/defaults/make.conf
index 13a3161a78d1..7abd2a4e4185 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/make.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/make.conf
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ BDECFLAGS=	-W -Wall -ansi -pedantic -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-align \
 #
 #SUP=            /usr/local/bin/cvsup
 #SUPFLAGS=       -g -L 2
+#SUPHOST=        cvsup.uk.FreeBSD.org
 #SUPFILE=        /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile
 #SUPFILE1=       /usr/share/examples/cvsup/secure-supfile
 #PORTSSUPFILE=   /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile
diff --git a/share/examples/etc/make.conf b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
index 13a3161a78d1..7abd2a4e4185 100644
--- a/share/examples/etc/make.conf
+++ b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ BDECFLAGS=	-W -Wall -ansi -pedantic -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-align \
 #
 #SUP=            /usr/local/bin/cvsup
 #SUPFLAGS=       -g -L 2
+#SUPHOST=        cvsup.uk.FreeBSD.org
 #SUPFILE=        /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile
 #SUPFILE1=       /usr/share/examples/cvsup/secure-supfile
 #PORTSSUPFILE=   /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile