diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4344c52206..2201cb0998 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ tools/flask/utils/flask-set-bool
 tools/flask/utils/flask-label-pci
 tools/fs-back/fs-backend
 tools/hotplug/common/hotplugpath.sh
+tools/hotplug/FreeBSD/rc.d/xencommons
 tools/hotplug/Linux/init.d/xen-watchdog
 tools/hotplug/Linux/init.d/xendomains
 tools/hotplug/Linux/vif-setup
diff --git a/tools/configure b/tools/configure
index ed9e65673a..a9d78aea2e 100755
--- a/tools/configure
+++ b/tools/configure
@@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 
 
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files ../config/Tools.mk hotplug/Linux/init.d/sysconfig.xencommons hotplug/Linux/init.d/xen-watchdog hotplug/Linux/init.d/xencommons.in hotplug/Linux/init.d/xendomains hotplug/Linux/systemd/proc-xen.mount hotplug/Linux/systemd/var-lib-xenstored.mount hotplug/Linux/systemd/xen-qemu-dom0-disk-backend.service hotplug/Linux/systemd/xen-watchdog.service hotplug/Linux/systemd/xenconsoled.service hotplug/Linux/systemd/xendomains.service hotplug/Linux/systemd/xenstored.service hotplug/Linux/systemd/xenstored.socket hotplug/Linux/systemd/xenstored_ro.socket hotplug/Linux/vif-setup hotplug/Linux/xen-backend.rules hotplug/Linux/xen-hotplug-common.sh hotplug/Linux/xendomains"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files ../config/Tools.mk hotplug/FreeBSD/rc.d/xencommons hotplug/Linux/init.d/sysconfig.xencommons hotplug/Linux/init.d/xen-watchdog hotplug/Linux/init.d/xencommons.in hotplug/Linux/init.d/xendomains hotplug/Linux/systemd/proc-xen.mount hotplug/Linux/systemd/var-lib-xenstored.mount hotplug/Linux/systemd/xen-qemu-dom0-disk-backend.service hotplug/Linux/systemd/xen-watchdog.service hotplug/Linux/systemd/xenconsoled.service hotplug/Linux/systemd/xendomains.service hotplug/Linux/systemd/xenstored.service hotplug/Linux/systemd/xenstored.socket hotplug/Linux/systemd/xenstored_ro.socket hotplug/Linux/vif-setup hotplug/Linux/xen-backend.rules hotplug/Linux/xen-hotplug-common.sh hotplug/Linux/xendomains"
 
 ac_config_headers="$ac_config_headers config.h"
 
@@ -9514,6 +9514,7 @@ for ac_config_target in $ac_config_targets
 do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "../config/Tools.mk") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES ../config/Tools.mk" ;;
+    "hotplug/FreeBSD/rc.d/xencommons") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES hotplug/FreeBSD/rc.d/xencommons" ;;
     "hotplug/Linux/init.d/sysconfig.xencommons") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES hotplug/Linux/init.d/sysconfig.xencommons" ;;
     "hotplug/Linux/init.d/xen-watchdog") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES hotplug/Linux/init.d/xen-watchdog" ;;
     "hotplug/Linux/init.d/xencommons.in") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES hotplug/Linux/init.d/xencommons.in" ;;
diff --git a/tools/configure.ac b/tools/configure.ac
index 686f4991af..788ba72a62 100644
--- a/tools/configure.ac
+++ b/tools/configure.ac
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ AC_INIT([Xen Hypervisor Tools], m4_esyscmd([../version.sh ../xen/Makefile]),
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([libxl/libxl.c])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 ../config/Tools.mk
+hotplug/FreeBSD/rc.d/xencommons
 hotplug/Linux/init.d/sysconfig.xencommons
 hotplug/Linux/init.d/xen-watchdog
 hotplug/Linux/init.d/xencommons.in
diff --git a/tools/hotplug/FreeBSD/Makefile b/tools/hotplug/FreeBSD/Makefile
index e21f0467d3..169a124c39 100644
--- a/tools/hotplug/FreeBSD/Makefile
+++ b/tools/hotplug/FreeBSD/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ install-rcd:
 	set -e; for i in $(XEN_RCD_PROG); \
 	   do \
 	   $(INSTALL_PROG) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(INITD_DIR); \
-	   sed -i '' 's,@xen_script_dir@,$(DESTDIR)$(XEN_SCRIPT_DIR),g' $(DESTDIR)$(CONFIG_DIR)/$$i; \
 	done
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ../common/hotplugpath.sh $(DESTDIR)$(XEN_SCRIPT_DIR)
 
diff --git a/tools/hotplug/FreeBSD/rc.d/xencommons b/tools/hotplug/FreeBSD/rc.d/xencommons.in
similarity index 98%
rename from tools/hotplug/FreeBSD/rc.d/xencommons
rename to tools/hotplug/FreeBSD/rc.d/xencommons.in
index 2d9034ce25..8b051ecffc 100644
--- a/tools/hotplug/FreeBSD/rc.d/xencommons
+++ b/tools/hotplug/FreeBSD/rc.d/xencommons.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 . /etc/rc.subr
 
-. @xen_script_dir@/hotplugpath.sh
+. @XEN_SCRIPT_DIR@/hotplugpath.sh
 
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LIBDIR}"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH