diff -ur net-snmp/Makefile net-snmp/Makefile
--- net-snmp/Makefile
+++ net-snmp/Makefile
@@ -292,10 +292,6 @@ post-install: strip-files install-config-files install-doc-files
 	@(cd ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib && ${LN} -sf libnetsnmphelpers.so.${SHLIB_VERSION} libnetsnmphelpers.so)
 	@(cd ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib && ${LN} -sf libnetsnmpmibs.so.${SHLIB_VERSION} libnetsnmpmibs.so)
 	@(cd ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib && ${LN} -sf libnetsnmptrapd.so.${SHLIB_VERSION} libnetsnmptrapd.so)
-.if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MNEWSYSLOG}
-	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/newsyslog.conf.d
-	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/net-snmp.conf ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/newsyslog.conf.d/
-.endif
 
 strip-files:
 	(cd ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin; ${STRIP_CMD} ${BIN_FILES})
@@ -304,6 +300,10 @@ strip-files:
 
 install-config-files:
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/EXAMPLE.conf ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/snmpd.conf.example
+.if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MNEWSYSLOG}
+	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/etc/newsyslog.conf.d
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/net-snmp.conf ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/newsyslog.conf.sample
+.endif
 
 install-doc-files:
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MDOCS}
diff -ur net-snmp/pkg-plist net-snmp/pkg-plist
--- net-snmp/pkg-plist
+++ net-snmp/pkg-plist
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ bin/snmpvacm
 bin/snmpwalk
 %%WITH_TKMIB%%bin/tkmib
 bin/traptoemail
-%%NEWSYSLOG%%etc/newsyslog.conf.d/net-snmp.conf
+%%NEWSYSLOG%%@dir etc/newsyslog.conf.d
+%%NEWSYSLOG%%@sample %%DATADIR%%/newsyslog.conf.sample etc/newsyslog.conf.d/net-snmp.conf
 include/net-snmp/agent/agent_callbacks.h
 include/net-snmp/agent/agent_handler.h
 include/net-snmp/agent/agent_index.h