diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index a76b31b0938f..1be9afaef20a 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -109,8 +109,10 @@ ppp_user="root"		# Which user to run ppp as
 
 ### Network daemon (miscellaneous) ###
 syslogd_enable="YES"		# Run syslog daemon (or NO).
+syslogd_program="/usr/sbin/syslogd" # path to syslogd, if you want a different one.
 syslogd_flags="-s"		# Flags to syslogd (if enabled).
 inetd_enable="NO"		# Run the network daemon dispatcher (YES/NO).
+inetd_program="/usr/sbin/inetd"	# path to inetd, if you want a different one.
 inetd_flags="-wW"		# Optional flags to inetd
 #
 # named.  It may be possible to run named in a sandbox, man security for
diff --git a/etc/rc b/etc/rc
index 717a3395409d..e0315948f11c 100644
--- a/etc/rc
+++ b/etc/rc
@@ -461,7 +461,8 @@ case ${syslogd_enable} in
 	fi
 
 	rm -f /var/run/log
-	echo -n ' syslogd';	syslogd ${syslogd_flags}
+	echo -n ' syslogd';
+	${syslogd_program:-/usr/sbin/syslogd} ${syslogd_flags}
 	;;
 esac
 
@@ -591,7 +592,7 @@ case ${inetd_enable} in
 [Nn][Oo])
 	;;
 *)
-	echo -n ' inetd';	inetd ${inetd_flags}
+	echo -n ' inetd'; ${inetd_program:-/usr/sbin/inetd} ${inetd_flags}
 	;;
 esac