diff --git a/net-mgmt/arpwatch/Makefile b/net-mgmt/arpwatch/Makefile
index 16922c182a47..688b79c56d67 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/arpwatch/Makefile
+++ b/net-mgmt/arpwatch/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	arpwatch
 PORTVERSION=	2.1.a15
-PORTREVISION=	4
+PORTREVISION=	5
 CATEGORIES=	net-mgmt
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/ \
 		${MASTER_SITE_GENTOO}
diff --git a/net-mgmt/arpwatch/files/arpwatch.sh.in b/net-mgmt/arpwatch/files/arpwatch.sh.in
index 541aa2bf6ccf..b9d56ee5e572 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/arpwatch/files/arpwatch.sh.in
+++ b/net-mgmt/arpwatch/files/arpwatch.sh.in
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ case ${arpwatch_interfaces} in
 	  *start)
  	     for interface in ${arpwatch_interfaces}; do
 		 eval options=\$arpwatch_${interface}_options
-		 command_args="-i ${interface} ${options} -f arp.${interface}.dat"
+		 command_args="-i ${interface} ${options} -f ${arpwatch_dir}/arp.${interface}.dat"
 		 pidfile="/var/run/arpwatch-${interface}.pid"
 		 run_rc_command "$1"
 	     done