diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.conf b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
index 0709845259e..79bc1f3436e 100644
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.conf
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ ppp_user="root"		# Which user to run ppp as
 # profile3 uses default ppp_mode and ppp_nat
 
 ### Network daemon (miscellaneous) ###
+hostapd_program="/usr/sbin/hostapd"
 hostapd_enable="NO"		# Run hostap daemon.
 syslogd_enable="YES"		# Run syslog daemon (or NO).
 syslogd_program="/usr/sbin/syslogd" # path to syslogd, if you want a different one.
diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/hostapd b/libexec/rc/rc.d/hostapd
index d0c2d88f2ff..a0d9d4d3ac7 100755
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.d/hostapd
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.d/hostapd
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ else
 	pidfile="/var/run/${name}-${ifn}.pid"
 fi
 
+command=${hostapd_program}
 command_args="-P ${pidfile} -B ${conf_file}"
 required_files="${conf_file}"
 required_modules="wlan_xauth wlan_wep wlan_tkip wlan_ccmp"