diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index de1a8d83a05d..c094303de38a 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@ harvest_ethernet="YES"	# Entropy device harvests ethernet randomness
 harvest_p_to_p="YES"	# Entropy device harvests point-to-point randomness
 dmesg_enable="YES"	# Save dmesg(8) to /var/run/dmesg.boot
 watchdogd_enable="NO"	# Start the software watchdog daemon
+watchdogd_flags=""	# Flags to watchdogd (if enabled)
 devfs_rulesets="/etc/defaults/devfs.rules /etc/devfs.rules" # Files containing
 							    # devfs(8) rules.
 devfs_system_ruleset=""	# The name (NOT number) of a ruleset to apply to /dev