diff --git a/commands/Makefile b/commands/Makefile
index d8160d52d..393677698 100644
--- a/commands/Makefile
+++ b/commands/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 SUBDIR=	aal add_route adduser advent arp ash at autil awk \
 	backup badblocks banner basename bigmake binpackage \
-	binpackages binsizes bsdtar bzip2 bzip2recover cal calendar \
+	binpackages binsizes bzip2 bzip2recover cal calendar \
 	cat cawf cd  cdprobe checkhier chmem \
 	chmod chown chroot ci cksum cleantmp clear cmp co \
 	comm compress cp crc cron crontab cut datasizes date \
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ SUBDIR=	aal add_route adduser advent arp ash at autil awk \
 	rotate rsh rshd sed service setup shar size \
 	sleep slip sort spell split srccrc stat strings strip \
 	stty su sum svclog swapfs swifi sync synctree sysenv \
-	syslogd tail talk talkd tcpd tcpdp tcpstat tee telnet \
+	syslogd tail talk talkd tar tcpd tcpdp tcpstat tee telnet \
 	telnetd term termcap tget time tinyhalt top touch tr \
 	truncate tsort ttt tty udpstat umount uname unexpand \
 	uniq unstack update urlget uud uue version vol wc \
diff --git a/commands/pax/Makefile b/commands/pax/Makefile
index 53f485238..a8673ee77 100644
--- a/commands/pax/Makefile
+++ b/commands/pax/Makefile
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ SRCS=	ar_io.c ar_subs.c buf_subs.c cache.c cpio.c file_subs.c ftree.c \
 	gen_subs.c getoldopt.c options.c pat_rep.c pax.c sel_subs.c \
 	tables.c tar.c tty_subs.c fgetln.c
 
-MAN=	pax.1 tar.1 cpio.1
+MAN=	pax.1 cpio.1
 
-LINKS+= ${BINDIR}/pax ${BINDIR}/tar
 LINKS+= ${BINDIR}/pax ${BINDIR}/cpio
 
 CPPFLAGS+= -DNET2_STAT=1
diff --git a/commands/bsdtar/Makefile b/commands/tar/Makefile
similarity index 84%
rename from commands/bsdtar/Makefile
rename to commands/tar/Makefile
index 19c5e4a29..8f5735212 100644
--- a/commands/bsdtar/Makefile
+++ b/commands/tar/Makefile
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@ LDADD+=	-larchive -lbz2 -lz
 CPPFLAGS+= -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
 CPPFLAGS+= -I${.CURDIR} -I${.CURDIR}/libarchive_fe
 
+LINKS+= ${BINDIR}/bsdtar ${BINDIR}/tar
+MLINKS+= bsdtar.1 tar.1
+
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
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