diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.conf b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
index 0709845259e3..79bc1f3436e5 100644
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.conf
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ ppp_user="root"		# Which user to run ppp as
 # profile3 uses default ppp_mode and ppp_nat
 
 ### Network daemon (miscellaneous) ###
+hostapd_program="/usr/sbin/hostapd"
 hostapd_enable="NO"		# Run hostap daemon.
 syslogd_enable="YES"		# Run syslog daemon (or NO).
 syslogd_program="/usr/sbin/syslogd" # path to syslogd, if you want a different one.
diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/hostapd b/libexec/rc/rc.d/hostapd
index d0c2d88f2ff4..707316036604 100755
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.d/hostapd
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.d/hostapd
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 name="hostapd"
 desc="Authenticator for IEEE 802.11 networks"
-command="/usr/sbin/${name}"
+command=${hostapd_program}
 
 ifn="$2"
 if [ -z "$ifn" ]; then