diff --git a/sbin/pfctl/pfctl.c b/sbin/pfctl/pfctl.c
index 5b4c67de6629..98564ab1ca33 100644
--- a/sbin/pfctl/pfctl.c
+++ b/sbin/pfctl/pfctl.c
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ void	 usage(void);
 int	 pfctl_enable(int, int);
 int	 pfctl_disable(int, int);
 int	 pfctl_clear_stats(int, int);
+int	 pfctl_get_skip_ifaces(void);
+int	 pfctl_check_skip_ifaces(char *);
+int	 pfctl_clear_skip_ifaces(struct pfctl *);
 int	 pfctl_clear_interface_flags(int, int);
 int	 pfctl_clear_rules(int, int, char *);
 int	 pfctl_clear_nat(int, int, char *);
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ const char	*pfctl_lookup_option(char *, const char * const *);
 
 static struct pf_anchor_global	 pf_anchors;
 static struct pf_anchor	 pf_main_anchor;
+static struct pfr_buffer skip_b;
 
 static const char	*clearopt;
 static char		*rulesopt;
@@ -294,6 +298,44 @@ pfctl_clear_stats(int dev, int opts)
 	return (0);
 }
 
+int
+pfctl_get_skip_ifaces(void)
+{
+	bzero(&skip_b, sizeof(skip_b));
+	skip_b.pfrb_type = PFRB_IFACES;
+	for (;;) {
+		pfr_buf_grow(&skip_b, skip_b.pfrb_size);
+		skip_b.pfrb_size = skip_b.pfrb_msize;
+		if (pfi_get_ifaces(NULL, skip_b.pfrb_caddr, &skip_b.pfrb_size))
+			err(1, "pfi_get_ifaces");
+		if (skip_b.pfrb_size <= skip_b.pfrb_msize)
+			break;
+	}
+	return (0);
+}
+
+int
+pfctl_check_skip_ifaces(char *ifname)
+{
+	struct pfi_kif		*p;
+
+	PFRB_FOREACH(p, &skip_b)
+		if ((p->pfik_flags & PFI_IFLAG_SKIP) && !strcmp(ifname, p->pfik_name))
+			p->pfik_flags &= ~PFI_IFLAG_SKIP;
+	return (0);
+}
+
+int
+pfctl_clear_skip_ifaces(struct pfctl *pf)
+{
+	struct pfi_kif		*p;
+
+	PFRB_FOREACH(p, &skip_b)
+		if (p->pfik_flags & PFI_IFLAG_SKIP)
+			pfctl_set_interface_flags(pf, p->pfik_name, PFI_IFLAG_SKIP, 0);
+	return (0);
+}
+
 int
 pfctl_clear_interface_flags(int dev, int opts)
 {
@@ -1479,6 +1521,8 @@ pfctl_rules(int dev, char *filename, int opts, int optimize,
 		else
 			goto _error;
 	}
+	if (loadopt & PFCTL_FLAG_OPTION)
+		pfctl_clear_skip_ifaces(&pf);
 
 	if ((pf.loadopt & PFCTL_FLAG_FILTER &&
 	    (pfctl_load_ruleset(&pf, path, rs, PF_RULESET_SCRUB, 0))) ||
@@ -1889,6 +1933,7 @@ pfctl_set_interface_flags(struct pfctl *pf, char *ifname, int flags, int how)
 		} else {
 			if (ioctl(pf->dev, DIOCSETIFFLAG, &pi))
 				err(1, "DIOCSETIFFLAG");
+			pfctl_check_skip_ifaces(ifname);
 		}
 	}
 	return (0);
@@ -2347,7 +2392,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if ((rulesopt != NULL) && (loadopt & PFCTL_FLAG_OPTION) &&
 	    !anchorname[0])
-		if (pfctl_clear_interface_flags(dev, opts | PF_OPT_QUIET))
+		if (pfctl_get_skip_ifaces())
 			error = 1;
 
 	if (rulesopt != NULL && !(opts & (PF_OPT_MERGE|PF_OPT_NOACTION)) &&