diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index 48c772bd93a2..645a2542848b 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -317,7 +317,10 @@ amd_enable="NO"			# Run amd service with $amd_flags (or NO).
 amd_program="/usr/sbin/amd"	# path to amd, if you want a different one.
 amd_flags="-a /.amd_mnt -l syslog /host /etc/amd.map /net /etc/amd.map"
 amd_map_program="NO"		# Can be set to "ypcat -k amd.master"
-autofs_enable="NO"		# Run automountd(8)
+autofs_enable="NO"		# Run autofs daemons.
+automount_flags=""		# Flags to automount(8) (if autofs enabled).
+automountd_flags=""		# Flags to automountd(8) (if autofs enabled).
+autounmountd_flags=""		# Flags to autounmountd(8) (if autofs enabled).
 nfs_client_enable="NO"		# This host is an NFS client (or NO).
 nfs_access_cache="60"		# Client cache timeout in seconds
 nfs_server_enable="NO"		# This host is an NFS server (or NO).
diff --git a/etc/rc.d/automount b/etc/rc.d/automount
index 63bda42ceeb7..c39469452a89 100644
--- a/etc/rc.d/automount
+++ b/etc/rc.d/automount
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ required_modules="autofs"
 automount_start()
 {
 
-	/usr/sbin/automount
+	/usr/sbin/automount ${automount_flags}
 }
 
 automount_stop()