diff --git a/etc/defaults/periodic.conf b/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
index 0a6807b268bc..3cde9b591cbe 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ daily_status_gconcat_enable="NO"			# Check gconcat(8)
 # 420.status-network
 daily_status_network_enable="YES"			# Check network status
 daily_status_network_usedns="YES"			# DNS lookups are ok
+daily_status_network_netstat_flags="-d"			# netstat(1) flags
 
 # 430.status-rwho
 daily_status_rwho_enable="YES"				# Check system status
diff --git a/etc/periodic/daily/420.status-network b/etc/periodic/daily/420.status-network
index 13ae1e8b8b67..03166a915a1a 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/daily/420.status-network
+++ b/etc/periodic/daily/420.status-network
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ case "$daily_status_network_enable" in
 	echo ""
 	echo "Network interface status:"
 
+	flags="${daily_status_network_netstat_flags}"
 	case "$daily_status_network_usedns" in
 	    [Yy][Ee][Ss])
-		netstat -id && rc=0 || rc=3;;
+		;;
 	    *)
-		netstat -idn && rc=0 || rc=3;;
-	esac;;
+		flags="${flags} -n";;
+	esac
+	netstat -i ${flags} && rc=0 || rc=3;;
 
     *)  rc=0;;
 esac
diff --git a/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
index fe4c26d62507..a049ac5a4e40 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd March 13, 2015
+.Dd March 26, 2015
 .Dt PERIODIC.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -401,6 +401,16 @@ Set to
 .Dq Li YES
 if you want to run
 .Nm netstat Fl i .
+.It Va daily_status_network_netstat_flags
+.Pq Vt str
+Set to additional arguments for the
+.Xr netstat 1
+utility when
+.Va daily_status_network_enable
+is set to
+.Dq Li YES .
+The default is
+.Fl d .
 .It Va daily_status_network_usedns
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to