diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index 79d52ce215a0..b75774b8a829 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ check_quotas="YES"	# Check quotas on startup (or NO).
 accounting_enable="NO"	# Turn on process accounting (or NO).
 ibcs2_enable="NO"	# Ibcs2 (SCO) emulation loaded at startup (or NO).
 ibcs2_loaders="NO"	# List of additional Ibcs2 loaders (or NO).
+sysvipc_enable="NO"	# Load System V IPC primitives at startup (or NO).
 linux_enable="NO"	# Linux binary compatibility loaded at startup (or NO).
 svr4_enable="NO"	# SysVR4 emulation loaded at startup (or NO).
 osf1_enable="NO"	# Alpha OSF/1 emulation loaded at startup (or NO).
diff --git a/etc/rc b/etc/rc
index 080f24618f46..06d561517686 100644
--- a/etc/rc
+++ b/etc/rc
@@ -646,6 +646,16 @@ fi
 
 echo -n 'Additional ABI support:'
 
+# Load the SysV IPC API if requested.
+case ${sysvipc_enable} in
+[Yy][Ee][Ss])
+	echo -n ' sysvipc'
+	kldload sysvmsg >/dev/null 2>&1
+	kldload sysvsem >/dev/null 2>&1
+	kldload sysvshm >/dev/null 2>&1
+	;;
+esac
+
 # Start the Linux binary compatibility if requested.
 #
 case ${linux_enable} in