diff --git a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c
index f83508d216cf..b683a4319fee 100644
--- a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c
+++ b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static int	Nflag, nflag, oflag, qflag, tflag, Tflag, Wflag, xflag;
 static int	oidfmt(int *, int, char *, u_int *);
 static int	parsefile(const char *);
 static int	parse(const char *, int);
-static int	show_var(int *, int);
+static int	show_var(int *, int, bool);
 static int	sysctl_all(int *oid, int len);
 static int	name2oid(const char *, int *);
 
@@ -428,13 +428,13 @@ parse(const char *string, int lineno)
 	if (newvalstr == NULL || dflag) {
 		if ((kind & CTLTYPE) == CTLTYPE_NODE) {
 			if (dflag) {
-				i = show_var(mib, len);
+				i = show_var(mib, len, false);
 				if (!i && !bflag)
 					putchar('\n');
 			}
 			sysctl_all(mib, len);
 		} else {
-			i = show_var(mib, len);
+			i = show_var(mib, len, false);
 			if (!i && !bflag)
 				putchar('\n');
 		}
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ parse(const char *string, int lineno)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		i = show_var(mib, len);
+		i = show_var(mib, len, false);
 		if (sysctl(mib, len, 0, 0, newval, newsize) == -1) {
 			free(newbuf);
 			if (!i && !bflag)
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ parse(const char *string, int lineno)
 			printf(" -> ");
 		i = nflag;
 		nflag = 1;
-		j = show_var(mib, len);
+		j = show_var(mib, len, false);
 		if (!j && !bflag)
 			putchar('\n');
 		nflag = i;
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ oidfmt(int *oid, int len, char *fmt, u_int *kind)
  * Return minus one if we had errors.
  */
 static int
-show_var(int *oid, int nlen)
+show_var(int *oid, int nlen, bool honor_skip)
 {
 	u_char buf[BUFSIZ], *val, *oval, *p;
 	char name[BUFSIZ], fmt[BUFSIZ];
@@ -976,11 +976,11 @@ show_var(int *oid, int nlen)
 	oidfmt(oid, nlen, fmt, &kind);
 	/* if Wflag then only list sysctls that are writeable and not stats. */
 	if (Wflag && ((kind & CTLFLAG_WR) == 0 || (kind & CTLFLAG_STATS) != 0))
-		return 1;
+		return (1);
 
 	/* if Tflag then only list sysctls that are tuneables. */
 	if (Tflag && (kind & CTLFLAG_TUN) == 0)
-		return 1;
+		return (1);
 
 	if (Nflag) {
 		printf("%s", name);
@@ -1013,6 +1013,10 @@ show_var(int *oid, int nlen)
 		return (0);
 	}
 
+	/* bail before fetching the value if we're honoring skip */
+	if (honor_skip && (kind & CTLFLAG_SKIP) != 0)
+		return (1);
+
 	/* don't fetch opaques that we don't know how to print */
 	if (ctltype == CTLTYPE_OPAQUE) {
 		if (strcmp(fmt, "S,clockinfo") == 0)
@@ -1195,15 +1199,17 @@ sysctl_all(int *oid, int len)
 	int name1[22], name2[22];
 	int i, j;
 	size_t l1, l2;
+	bool honor_skip = false;
 
-	name1[0] = 0;
-	name1[1] = 2;
+	name1[0] = CTL_SYSCTL;
+	name1[1] = (oid != NULL || Nflag || dflag || tflag) ?
+	    CTL_SYSCTL_NEXTNOSKIP : CTL_SYSCTL_NEXT;
 	l1 = 2;
 	if (len) {
-		memcpy(name1+2, oid, len * sizeof(int));
+		memcpy(name1 + 2, oid, len * sizeof(int));
 		l1 += len;
 	} else {
-		name1[2] = 1;
+		name1[2] = CTL_KERN;
 		l1++;
 	}
 	for (;;) {
@@ -1225,11 +1231,12 @@ sysctl_all(int *oid, int len)
 			if (name2[i] != oid[i])
 				return (0);
 
-		i = show_var(name2, l2);
+		i = show_var(name2, l2, honor_skip);
 		if (!i && !bflag)
 			putchar('\n');
 
-		memcpy(name1+2, name2, l2 * sizeof(int));
+		memcpy(name1 + 2, name2, l2 * sizeof(int));
 		l1 = 2 + l2;
+		honor_skip = true;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c b/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c
index 5814d147c19c..b1c688d2864b 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c
@@ -950,7 +950,8 @@ SYSINIT(sysctl, SI_SUB_KMEM, SI_ORDER_FIRST, sysctl_register_all, NULL);
  * {CTL_SYSCTL, CTL_SYSCTL_DEBUG}		printf the entire MIB-tree.
  * {CTL_SYSCTL, CTL_SYSCTL_NAME, ...}		return the name of the "..."
  *						OID.
- * {CTL_SYSCTL, CTL_SYSCTL_NEXT, ...}		return the next OID.
+ * {CTL_SYSCTL, CTL_SYSCTL_NEXT, ...}		return the next OID, honoring
+ *						CTLFLAG_SKIP.
  * {CTL_SYSCTL, CTL_SYSCTL_NAME2OID}		return the OID of the name in
  *						"new"
  * {CTL_SYSCTL, CTL_SYSCTL_OIDFMT, ...}		return the kind & format info
@@ -959,6 +960,8 @@ SYSINIT(sysctl, SI_SUB_KMEM, SI_ORDER_FIRST, sysctl_register_all, NULL);
  *						"..." OID.
  * {CTL_SYSCTL, CTL_SYSCTL_OIDLABEL, ...}	return the aggregation label of
  *						the "..." OID.
+ * {CTL_SYSCTL, CTL_SYSCTL_NEXTNOSKIP, ...}	return the next OID, ignoring
+ *						CTLFLAG_SKIP.
  */
 
 #ifdef SYSCTL_DEBUG
@@ -1099,7 +1102,7 @@ static SYSCTL_NODE(_sysctl, CTL_SYSCTL_NAME, name, CTLFLAG_RD |
 
 static int
 sysctl_sysctl_next_ls(struct sysctl_oid_list *lsp, int *name, u_int namelen, 
-	int *next, int *len, int level, struct sysctl_oid **oidpp)
+    int *next, int *len, int level, struct sysctl_oid **oidpp, bool honor_skip)
 {
 	struct sysctl_oid *oidp;
 
@@ -1109,7 +1112,10 @@ sysctl_sysctl_next_ls(struct sysctl_oid_list *lsp, int *name, u_int namelen,
 		*next = oidp->oid_number;
 		*oidpp = oidp;
 
-		if ((oidp->oid_kind & (CTLFLAG_SKIP | CTLFLAG_DORMANT)) != 0)
+		if ((oidp->oid_kind & CTLFLAG_DORMANT) != 0)
+			continue;
+
+		if (honor_skip && (oidp->oid_kind & CTLFLAG_SKIP) != 0)
 			continue;
 
 		if (!namelen) {
@@ -1120,7 +1126,7 @@ sysctl_sysctl_next_ls(struct sysctl_oid_list *lsp, int *name, u_int namelen,
 				return (0);
 			lsp = SYSCTL_CHILDREN(oidp);
 			if (!sysctl_sysctl_next_ls(lsp, 0, 0, next+1, 
-				len, level+1, oidpp))
+				len, level+1, oidpp, honor_skip))
 				return (0);
 			goto emptynode;
 		}
@@ -1135,7 +1141,7 @@ sysctl_sysctl_next_ls(struct sysctl_oid_list *lsp, int *name, u_int namelen,
 				return (0);
 			lsp = SYSCTL_CHILDREN(oidp);
 			if (!sysctl_sysctl_next_ls(lsp, name+1, namelen-1, 
-				next+1, len, level+1, oidpp))
+				next+1, len, level+1, oidpp, honor_skip))
 				return (0);
 			goto next;
 		}
@@ -1147,14 +1153,14 @@ sysctl_sysctl_next_ls(struct sysctl_oid_list *lsp, int *name, u_int namelen,
 
 		lsp = SYSCTL_CHILDREN(oidp);
 		if (!sysctl_sysctl_next_ls(lsp, name+1, namelen-1, next+1, 
-			len, level+1, oidpp))
+			len, level+1, oidpp, honor_skip))
 			return (0);
 	next:
 		namelen = 1;
 	emptynode:
 		*len = level;
 	}
-	return (1);
+	return (ENOENT);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1162,18 +1168,19 @@ sysctl_sysctl_next(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
 {
 	int *name = (int *) arg1;
 	u_int namelen = arg2;
-	int i, j, error;
+	int len, error;
 	struct sysctl_oid *oid;
 	struct sysctl_oid_list *lsp = &sysctl__children;
 	struct rm_priotracker tracker;
-	int newoid[CTL_MAXNAME];
+	int next[CTL_MAXNAME];
 
 	SYSCTL_RLOCK(&tracker);
-	i = sysctl_sysctl_next_ls(lsp, name, namelen, newoid, &j, 1, &oid);
+	error = sysctl_sysctl_next_ls(lsp, name, namelen, next, &len, 1, &oid,
+	    oidp->oid_number == CTL_SYSCTL_NEXT);
 	SYSCTL_RUNLOCK(&tracker);
-	if (i)
-		return (ENOENT);
-	error = SYSCTL_OUT(req, newoid, j * sizeof (int));
+	if (error)
+		return (error);
+	error = SYSCTL_OUT(req, next, len * sizeof (int));
 	return (error);
 }
 
@@ -1184,6 +1191,9 @@ sysctl_sysctl_next(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
 static SYSCTL_NODE(_sysctl, CTL_SYSCTL_NEXT, next, CTLFLAG_RD |
     CTLFLAG_MPSAFE | CTLFLAG_CAPRD, sysctl_sysctl_next, "");
 
+static SYSCTL_NODE(_sysctl, CTL_SYSCTL_NEXTNOSKIP, nextnoskip, CTLFLAG_RD |
+    CTLFLAG_MPSAFE | CTLFLAG_CAPRD, sysctl_sysctl_next, "");
+
 static int
 name2oid(char *name, int *oid, int *len, struct sysctl_oid **oidpp)
 {
@@ -2726,10 +2736,10 @@ db_show_sysctl_all(int *oid, size_t len, int flags)
 	name1[1] = CTL_SYSCTL_NEXT;
 	l1 = 2;
 	if (len) {
-		memcpy(name1+2, oid, len * sizeof(int));
-		l1 +=len;
+		memcpy(name1 + 2, oid, len * sizeof(int));
+		l1 += len;
 	} else {
-		name1[2] = 1;
+		name1[2] = CTL_KERN;
 		l1++;
 	}
 	for (;;) {
@@ -2742,7 +2752,7 @@ db_show_sysctl_all(int *oid, size_t len, int flags)
 			if (error == ENOENT)
 				return (0);
 			else
-				db_error("sysctl(getnext)");
+				db_error("sysctl(next)");
 		}
 
 		l2 /= sizeof(int);
diff --git a/sys/sys/sysctl.h b/sys/sys/sysctl.h
index d0390ac42f4d..bc09fa9a7783 100644
--- a/sys/sys/sysctl.h
+++ b/sys/sys/sysctl.h
@@ -934,11 +934,12 @@ TAILQ_HEAD(sysctl_ctx_list, sysctl_ctx_entry);
  */
 #define	CTL_SYSCTL_DEBUG	0	/* printf all nodes */
 #define	CTL_SYSCTL_NAME		1	/* string name of OID */
-#define	CTL_SYSCTL_NEXT		2	/* next OID */
+#define	CTL_SYSCTL_NEXT		2	/* next OID, honoring CTLFLAG_SKIP */
 #define	CTL_SYSCTL_NAME2OID	3	/* int array of name */
 #define	CTL_SYSCTL_OIDFMT	4	/* OID's kind and format */
 #define	CTL_SYSCTL_OIDDESCR	5	/* OID's description */
 #define	CTL_SYSCTL_OIDLABEL	6	/* aggregation label */
+#define	CTL_SYSCTL_NEXTNOSKIP	7	/* next OID, ignoring CTLFLAG_SKIP */
 
 /*
  * CTL_KERN identifiers
diff --git a/usr.bin/truss/syscalls.c b/usr.bin/truss/syscalls.c
index 1074ba4c0dcf..c32f46b10464 100644
--- a/usr.bin/truss/syscalls.c
+++ b/usr.bin/truss/syscalls.c
@@ -2360,6 +2360,9 @@ print_arg(struct syscall_args *sc, unsigned long *args, register_t *retval,
 					fprintf(fp, "oidlabel ");
 					print_sysctl(fp, oid + 2, len - 2);
 					break;
+				case CTL_SYSCTL_NEXTNOSKIP:
+					fprintf(fp, "nextnoskip");
+					break;
 				default:
 					print_sysctl(fp, oid + 1, len - 1);
 				}