--- Makefile	(revision 527918)
+++ Makefile	(working copy)
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ 
 	--salt-base-master-roots-dir=${ETCDIR}/salt-master \
 	--salt-logs-dir=/var/log/salt \
 	--salt-pidfile-dir=/var/run \
+	--salt-transport=${TRANSPORT} \
 	install
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	salt_api \
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ 
 ZEROMQ_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyzmq>=2.2.0:net/py-pyzmq@${PY_FLAVOR}
 ZEROMQ_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyzmq>=2.2.0:net/py-pyzmq@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 			${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pycrypto>=2.6.1:security/py-pycrypto@${PY_FLAVOR}
+ZEROMQ_VARS=		transport=zeromq
+ZEROMQ_VARS_OFF=	transport=none
 
 post-patch:
 .for file in conf/minion conf/master doc/man/salt-key.1 \