diff --git a/etc/rc b/etc/rc
index f298fe2ed003..5ea72d70d93a 100644
--- a/etc/rc
+++ b/etc/rc
@@ -738,7 +738,9 @@ esac
 #
 case ${svr4_enable} in
 [Yy][Ee][Ss])
-	echo -n ' svr4';	kldload svr4 > /dev/null 2>&1
+	echo -n ' svr4';
+	kldload streams > /dev/null 2>&1
+	kldload svr4 > /dev/null 2>&1
 	;;
 esac