2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index 02526b3f6e4e..1bd2af7aba4f 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ timed_flags=""			# Flags to timed (if enabled).
 ntpdate_enable="NO"		# Run ntpdate to sync time on boot (or NO).
 ntpdate_program="/usr/sbin/ntpdate"	# path to ntpdate, if you want a different one.
 ntpdate_flags="-b"		# Flags to ntpdate (if enabled).
+ntpdate_config="/etc/ntp.conf"	# ntpdate(8) configuration file
+ntpdate_hosts=""		# Whitespace-separated list of ntpdate(8) servers.
 ntpd_enable="NO"		# Run ntpd Network Time Protocol (or NO).
 ntpd_program="/usr/sbin/ntpd"	# path to ntpd, if you want a different one.
 ntpd_config="/etc/ntp.conf"	# ntpd(8) configuration file
diff --git a/etc/rc.d/ntpdate b/etc/rc.d/ntpdate
index 84c473419d17..c76f7a0e7f54 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/ntpdate
+++ b/etc/rc.d/ntpdate
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ start_cmd="ntpdate_start"
 
 ntpdate_start()
 {
-	if [ -z "$ntpdate_hosts" -a -f /etc/ntp.conf ]; then
+	if [ -z "$ntpdate_hosts" -a -f ${ntpdate_config} ]; then
 		ntpdate_hosts=`awk '
 			/^server[ \t]*127.127/      {next}
 			/^(server|peer)/            {print $2}
-		' </etc/ntp.conf`
+		' < ${ntpdate_config}`
 	fi
 	if [ -n "$ntpdate_hosts" -o -n "$rc_flags" ]; then
 		echo "Setting date via ntp."