diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1d90e05b30..3e687e5401 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3950.	[port]		Changed the bin/python Makefile to work around a
+			bmake bug in FreeBSD 10 and NetBSD 6. [RT #36993]
+
 3949.	[experimental]	Experimental support for draft-andrews-edns1 by sending
 			EDNS(1) queries (define DRAFT_ANDREWS_EDNS1 when
 			building).  Add support for limiting the EDNS version
diff --git a/bin/python/Makefile.in b/bin/python/Makefile.in
index 40a4de618e..ee21d7743d 100644
--- a/bin/python/Makefile.in
+++ b/bin/python/Makefile.in
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ MANOBJS =	${MANPAGES} ${HTMLPAGES}
 
 @BIND9_MAKE_RULES@
 
+dnssec-checkds: dnssec-checkds.py
+	cp -f dnssec-checkds.py dnssec-checkds
+	chmod +x dnssec-checkds
+
+dnssec-coverage: dnssec-coverage.py
+	cp -f dnssec-coverage.py dnssec-coverage
+	chmod +x dnssec-coverage
+
 doc man:: ${MANOBJS}
 
 docclean manclean maintainer-clean::
diff --git a/make/rules.in b/make/rules.in
index 1479fa714e..1a8e9ac917 100644
--- a/make/rules.in
+++ b/make/rules.in
@@ -357,11 +357,3 @@ ALWAYS_MAKE_SYMTABLE =	@ALWAYS_MAKE_SYMTABLE@
 .docbook.8:
 	${XSLTPROC} -o $@ ${top_srcdir}/doc/xsl/isc-manpage.xsl $<
 
-###
-### Python executable
-###
-.SUFFIXES: .py
-.py:
-	cp -f $< $@
-	chmod +x $@
-