diff --git a/commands/sed/Makefile b/commands/sed/Makefile
index 53b7bf42e..0addb8171 100644
--- a/commands/sed/Makefile
+++ b/commands/sed/Makefile
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@
 PROG=	sed
 SRCS=	compile.c main.c misc.c process.c
 
+BINDIR=/bin
+
 .include <minix.prog.mk>
diff --git a/commands/sed/compile.c b/commands/sed/compile.c
index e41be0856..6c8aad65b 100644
--- a/commands/sed/compile.c
+++ b/commands/sed/compile.c
@@ -404,6 +404,10 @@ compile_delimited(char *p, char *d)
 			*d++ = '\n';
 			p += 2;
 			continue;
+		} else if (*p == '\\' && p[1] == 't') {
+			*d++ = '\t';
+			p += 2;
+			continue;
 		} else if (*p == '\\' && p[1] == '\\')
 			*d++ = *p++;
 		else if (*p == c) {