--- libexec/rc/rc.conf.orig	2019-01-20 17:26:43.079328000 +0100
+++ libexec/rc/rc.conf	2019-01-20 18:24:52.584997000 +0100
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #rc_debug="NO"		# Set to YES to enable debugging output from rc.d
 rc_info="NO"		# Enables display of informational messages at boot.
 rc_startmsgs="YES" 	# Show "Starting foo:" messages at boot
+sysctl_verbose="NO"	# Print changes made by /etc/sysctl.conf.
 rcshutdown_timeout="90" # Seconds to wait before terminating rc.shutdown
 early_late_divider="FILESYSTEMS"	# Script that separates early/late
 			# stages of the boot process.  Make sure you know
--- libexec/rc/rc.d/sysctl.orig	2019-01-20 17:18:17.163909000 +0100
+++ libexec/rc/rc.d/sysctl	2019-01-20 17:22:36.510156000 +0100
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@
 
 	for _f in /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.conf.local; do
 		if [ -r ${_f} ]; then
-			${command} ${command_args} ${_f} > /dev/null
+			if checkyesno sysctl_verbose; then
+				${command} ${command_args} ${_f}
+			else
+				${command} ${command_args} ${_f} > /dev/null
+			fi
 		fi
 	done
 }
--- share/man/man5/rc.conf.5.orig	2019-01-20 18:16:13.652706000 +0100
+++ share/man/man5/rc.conf.5	2019-01-20 18:24:21.145023000 +0100
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@
 show
 .Dq Starting foo:
 when faststart is used (e.g., at boot time).
+.It Va sysctl_verbose
+.Pq Vt bool
+If set to
+.Dq Li YES ,
+do not suppress the output from
+.Pa /etc/sysctl.conf .
 .It Va early_late_divider
 .Pq Vt str
 The name of the script that should be used as the
@@ -4383,6 +4389,13 @@
 Defines the total number of seconds to wait for link to become usable,
 polled at a 1-second interval.
 The default is 30.
+.It Va sysctl_verbose
+.Pq Vt bool
+If set to
+.Dq Li YES ,
+do not suppress the output from
+.Pa /etc/sysctl.conf
+at boot.
 .It Va rctl_enable
 .Pq Vt bool
 If set to