diff --git a/src/bin/pg_passwd/Makefile b/src/bin/pg_passwd/Makefile
index 5a5463acf97354f50ef0c66ccf86fe206cd7b2e0..8edb3309c3fbbd68869875792e7f5287433430c6 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_passwd/Makefile
+++ b/src/bin/pg_passwd/Makefile
@@ -3,18 +3,30 @@
 # Makefile
 #    Makefile for bin/pg_passwd
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 SRCDIR= ../..
 include ../../Makefile.global
+
 OBJS= pg_passwd.o
+
 all: pg_passwd
+
 pg_passwd: $(OBJS)
-      $(CC) -o pg_passwd $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(CC) -o pg_passwd $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS)
+
 install: pg_passwd
-      $(INSTALL) $(INSTL_EXE_OPTS) pg_passwd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/pg_passwd
+	$(INSTALL) $(INSTL_EXE_OPTS) pg_passwd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/pg_passwd
+
+.PHONY: submake
+submake:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(LIBPQDIR) libpq.a
+
 depend dep:
-      $(CC) -MM $(INCLUDE_OPT) *.c >depend
+	$(CC) -MM $(INCLUDE_OPT) *.c >depend
+
 clean:
-      rm -f pg_passwd $(OBJS)
+	rm -f pg_passwd $(OBJS)
+
 ifeq (depend,$(wildcard depend))
 include depend
 endif