diff --git a/security/expiretable/Makefile b/security/expiretable/Makefile
index 301f413b977e..f145123da220 100644
--- a/security/expiretable/Makefile
+++ b/security/expiretable/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://expiretable.fnord.se/
 MAINTAINER=	cris@gufi.org
 COMMENT=	Utility to remove entries from the pf(4) table based on their age
 
+USE_RC_SUBR=	expiretable
 MAN1=		expiretable.1
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
diff --git a/security/expiretable/files/expiretable.in b/security/expiretable/files/expiretable.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8f10aa4711a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/expiretable/files/expiretable.in
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# $Id$
+
+# PROVIDE: expiretable
+# KEYWORD: shutdown
+
+# /etc/rc.conf tunables. 
+# - expiretable_enable	set to "YES" to enable expiretable startup
+# - expiretable_flags	specify your own flags to expiretable
+
+. /etc/rc.subr
+
+name="expiretable"
+rcvar=`set_rcvar`
+command="/usr/local/sbin/expiretable"
+load_rc_config "$name"
+
+expiretable_enable=${expiretable_enable-"NO"}
+expiretable_flags=${expiretable_flags-""}
+
+run_rc_command "$1"
diff --git a/security/expiretable/pkg-plist b/security/expiretable/pkg-plist
index 0b420e3b0abc..c2930378f7d9 100644
--- a/security/expiretable/pkg-plist
+++ b/security/expiretable/pkg-plist
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 sbin/expiretable
+@unexec %%RC_DIR%%/etc/rc.d/expiretable%%RC_SUFX%% stop 2>&1 >/dev/null || true