diff --git a/Mk/Uses/display.mk b/Mk/Uses/display.mk
index e46fb10d1bba..b5471b95a8ce 100644
--- a/Mk/Uses/display.mk
+++ b/Mk/Uses/display.mk
@@ -1,37 +1,52 @@
 # Feature:	display
 # Usage:	USES=display or USES=display:ARGS
-# Valid ARGS:	install (default, implicit), any target
+# Valid ARGS:	install (default, implicit), configure, build
 # 
 # Except the target where the DISPLAY is needed
 #
 # MAINTAINER: x11@FreeBSD.org
 
 .if !defined(_INCLUDE_USES_DISPLAY_MK)
 _INCLUDE_USES_DISPLAY_MK=	yes
 
 .  if empty(display_ARGS)
 display_ARGS=	install
 .  endif
 
 .  if !defined(DISPLAY)
-BUILD_DEPENDS+=	Xvfb:x11-servers/xorg-server@xvfb \
+
+.    if ${display_ARGS:Mconfigure}
+DISPLAY_DEPENDS=	BUILD_DEPENDS
+CONFIGURE_ENV+=		DISPLAY=":${XVFBPORT}"
+.    elif ${display_ARGS:Mbuild}
+DISPLAY_DEPENDS=	BUILD_DEPENDS
+MAKE_ENV+=		DISPLAY=":${XVFBPORT}"
+.    elif ${display_ARGS:Mtest}
+DISPLAY_DEPENDS=	TEST_DEPENDS
+TEST_ENV+=		DISPLAY=":${XVFBPORT}"
+.else
+IGNORE=			USES=display: invalid arguments: ${display_ARGS}
+.endif
+
+${DISPLAY_DEPENDS}+= \
+	Xvfb:x11-servers/xorg-server@xvfb \
 	${LOCALBASE}/share/fonts/misc/8x13O.pcf.gz:x11-fonts/xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps \
 	${LOCALBASE}/share/fonts/misc/fonts.alias:x11-fonts/font-alias \
 	${LOCALBASE}/share/X11/xkb/rules/base:x11/xkeyboard-config \
 	xkbcomp:x11/xkbcomp
 
-XVFBPORT!=	port=0; while test -S /tmp/.X11-unix/X$${port} ; do port=$$(( port + 1 )) ; done ; ${ECHO_CMD} $$port
-PREV_XVFBPORT!=	${ECHO_CMD} $$(( ${XVFBPORT} - 1))
-XVFBPIDFILE=	/tmp/.xvfb-${XVFBPORT}.pid
-PREV_XVFBPIDFILE=	/tmp/.xvfb-${PREV_XVFBPORT}.pid
-MAKE_ENV+=	DISPLAY=":${XVFBPORT}"
+XVFBPORT?=	0
+XVFBPIDFILE=	/tmp/.xvfb-${XVFBPORT}-display-mk.pid
 
-_USES_${display_ARGS}+=	290:start-display 860:stop-display
+.    for t in ${display_ARGS}
+_USES_${t}+=	290:start-display 860:stop-display
+.    endfor
 start-display:
+	pkill -15 -F ${XVFBPIDFILE} || ${TRUE}
 	daemon -p ${XVFBPIDFILE} Xvfb :${XVFBPORT}
 
 stop-display:
-	pkill -15 -F ${PREV_XVFBPIDFILE}
+	pkill -15 -F ${XVFBPIDFILE}
 
 .  endif
 .endif