diff --git a/etc/Makefile b/etc/Makefile
index 2cbdbe5b491d..cf821c256125 100644
--- a/etc/Makefile
+++ b/etc/Makefile
@@ -271,8 +271,6 @@ distribution:
 	${INSTALL} -o nobody -g ${BINGRP} -m 644 /dev/null \
 	    ${DESTDIR}/var/db/locate.database
 .endif
-	${INSTALL} -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m 644 ${.CURDIR}/minfree \
-	    ${DESTDIR}/var/crash
 	cd ${.CURDIR}/..; ${INSTALL} -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m 444 \
 		${FREEBSD} ${DESTDIR}/
 .if ${MK_BOOT} != "no"
diff --git a/sbin/savecore/Makefile b/sbin/savecore/Makefile
index f5eeb77ee5e7..d2fdd3d50979 100644
--- a/sbin/savecore/Makefile
+++ b/sbin/savecore/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PACKAGE=runtime
+CONFS=	minfree
+CONFSDIR=	/var/crash
 PROG=	savecore
 LIBADD=	z xo
 MAN=	savecore.8
diff --git a/etc/minfree b/sbin/savecore/minfree
similarity index 100%
rename from etc/minfree
rename to sbin/savecore/minfree