diff --git a/sys/conf/options b/sys/conf/options
index b124820ba9f0..e593c04306ae 100644
--- a/sys/conf/options
+++ b/sys/conf/options
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ BUS_DEBUG		opt_bus.h
 USB_DEBUG		opt_usb.h
 USB_HOST_ALIGN		opt_usb.h
 USB_REQ_DEBUG		opt_usb.h
+USB_TEMPLATE		opt_usb.h
 USB_VERBOSE		opt_usb.h
 USB_EHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_DESC	opt_usb.h
 U3G_DEBUG		opt_u3g.h
diff --git a/sys/dev/usb/usb_device.c b/sys/dev/usb/usb_device.c
index cc3511239570..9fa0e5cf3cf2 100644
--- a/sys/dev/usb/usb_device.c
+++ b/sys/dev/usb/usb_device.c
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@ static void	usb_cdev_free(struct usb_device *);
 
 /* This variable is global to allow easy access to it: */
 
-int	usb_template = 0;
+#ifdef	USB_TEMPLATE
+int	usb_template = USB_TEMPLATE;
+#else
+int	usb_template;
+#endif
 
 TUNABLE_INT("hw.usb.usb_template", &usb_template);
 SYSCTL_INT(_hw_usb, OID_AUTO, template, CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_TUN,