diff --git a/sysutils/collectd-riemann/DESCR b/sysutils/collectd-riemann/DESCR
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+++ b/sysutils/collectd-riemann/DESCR
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+riemann output plugin for collectd
diff --git a/sysutils/collectd-riemann/Makefile b/sysutils/collectd-riemann/Makefile
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+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.1 2015/10/28 11:44:52 jperkin Exp $
+
+COLLECTD_PACKAGE=	riemann
+COLLECTD_PLUGINS=	write_riemann
+
+COMMENT=		Statistics collection daemon - riemann plugin
+
+.include "../../sysutils/collectd/Makefile.common"
+
+# Work around incorrect dependencies in src/Makefile
+BUILD_TARGET=		riemann.pb-c.lo write_riemann.la
+
+.include "../../devel/protobuf-c/buildlink3.mk"
+.include "../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk"