diff --git a/etc/snmpd.config b/etc/snmpd.config
index 34dd09485561..eba575bd8d98 100644
--- a/etc/snmpd.config
+++ b/etc/snmpd.config
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ snmpEnableAuthenTraps = 2
 #
 begemotSnmpdModulePath."mibII"	= "/usr/lib/snmp_mibII.so"
 
+# Force a polling rate for the 64-bit interface counters in case
+# the automatic computation is wrong (which may be the case if an interface
+# announces the wrong bit rate via its MIB).
+#%mibII
+#begemotIfForcePoll = 2000
+
 #
 # Netgraph module
 #