diff --git a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
index c735b1362407..d9c34b29800d 100644
--- a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
+++ b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
     db
         entropy         uname=operator gname=operator mode=0700
         ..
+        ipf
+        ..
         pkg
         ..
     ..