diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/config.h b/usr.sbin/config/config.h
index 31d3375d6174..08ac7969e228 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/config.h
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/config.h
@@ -127,9 +127,15 @@ struct opt_list {
 
 SLIST_HEAD(, opt_list) otab;
 
+struct hint {
+	char	*hint_name;
+	STAILQ_ENTRY(hint) hint_next;
+};
+
+STAILQ_HEAD(hint_head, hint) hints;
+
 extern char	*ident;
 extern char	*env;
-extern char	*hints;
 extern int	do_trace;
 extern int	envmode;
 extern int	hintmode;
diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/config.y b/usr.sbin/config/config.y
index 444fe581f1f7..40ee93d584e7 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/config.y
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/config.y
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ struct	device_head dtab;
 char	*ident;
 char	*env;
 int	envmode;
-char	*hints;
 int	hintmode;
 int	yyline;
 const	char *yyfile;
@@ -191,10 +190,11 @@ Config_spec:
 		} |
 	HINTS ID
 	      = {
-		if (hints != NULL)
-			errx(1, "More than one 'hints' line at %s:%d", yyfile,
-			    yyline);
-		hints = $2;
+		struct hint *hint;
+
+		hint = (struct hint *)calloc(1, sizeof (struct hint));
+		hint->hint_name = $2;
+		STAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&hints, hint, hint_next);
 		hintmode = 1;
 	        }
 
diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/main.c b/usr.sbin/config/main.c
index a87f3d787745..f9d2322fcc04 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/main.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/main.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	STAILQ_INIT(&fntab);
 	SLIST_INIT(&cputype);
 	STAILQ_INIT(&ftab);
+	STAILQ_INIT(&hints);
 	if (yyparse())
 		exit(3);
 
diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/mkmakefile.c b/usr.sbin/config/mkmakefile.c
index 47a1db0bea80..62603d54d2cf 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/mkmakefile.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/mkmakefile.c
@@ -182,17 +182,11 @@ makefile(void)
 void
 makehints(void)
 {
-	FILE *ifp, *ofp;
+	FILE *ifp = NULL, *ofp;
 	char line[BUFSIZ];
 	char *s;
+	struct hint *hint;
 
-	if (hints) {
-		ifp = fopen(hints, "r");
-		if (ifp == NULL)
-			err(1, "%s", hints);
-	} else {
-		ifp = NULL;
-	}
 	ofp = fopen(path("hints.c.new"), "w");
 	if (ofp == NULL)
 		err(1, "%s", path("hints.c.new"));
@@ -201,7 +195,10 @@ makehints(void)
 	fprintf(ofp, "\n");
 	fprintf(ofp, "int hintmode = %d;\n", hintmode);
 	fprintf(ofp, "char static_hints[] = {\n");
-	if (ifp) {
+	STAILQ_FOREACH(hint, &hints, hint_next) {
+		ifp = fopen(hint->hint_name, "r");
+		if (ifp == NULL)
+			err(1, "%s", hint->hint_name);
 		while (fgets(line, BUFSIZ, ifp) != 0) {
 			/* zap trailing CR and/or LF */
 			while ((s = rindex(line, '\n')) != NULL)