diff --git a/release/packages/generate-ucl.sh b/release/packages/generate-ucl.sh
index c7147a97a868..6549e201e022 100755
--- a/release/packages/generate-ucl.sh
+++ b/release/packages/generate-ucl.sh
@@ -1,161 +1,164 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 #
 
 main() {
 	desc=
 	comment=
 	debug=
 	uclsource=
 	while getopts "do:s:u:" arg; do
 		case ${arg} in
 		d)
 			debug=1
 			;;
 		o)
 			outname="${OPTARG}"
 			origname="${OPTARG}"
 			;;
 		s)
 			srctree="${OPTARG}"
 			;;
 		u)
 			uclfile="${OPTARG}"
 			;;
 		*)
 			echo "Unknown argument"
 			;;
 		esac
 	done
 
 	shift $(( ${OPTIND} - 1 ))
 
 	case "${outname}" in
 		bootloader)
 			pkgdeps=""
 			;;
 		certctl)
 			pkgdeps="caroot openssl"
 			;;
 		clang)
 			pkgdeps="lld libcompiler_rt-dev"
 			;;
+		periodic)
+			pkgdeps="cron"
+			;;
 
 		# -dev packages that have no corresponding non-dev package
 		# as a dependency.
 		libcompat-dev|libcompiler_rt-dev|liby-dev)
 			outname=${outname%%-dev}
 			_descr="Development Files"
 			;;
 		libcompat-lib32_dev|libcompiler_rt-lib32_dev|liby-lib32_dev)
 			outname=${outname%%-lib32_dev}
 			_descr="32-bit Libraries, Development Files"
 			;;
 		libcompat-man|libelftc-man)
 			outname=${outname%%-man}
 			_descr="Manual Pages"
 			;;
 		utilities)
 			uclfile="${uclfile}"
 			;;
 		runtime)
 			outname="runtime"
 			_descr="$(make -C ${srctree}/release/packages -f Makefile.package -V ${outname}_DESCR)"
 			;;
 		*-lib32_dev)
 			outname="${outname%%-lib32_dev}"
 			_descr="32-bit Libraries, Development Files"
 			pkgdeps="${outname}"
 			;;
 		*-lib32_dbg)
 			outname="${outname%%-lib32_dbg}"
 			_descr="32-bit Libraries, Debugging Symbols"
 			pkgdeps="${outname}"
 			;;
 		*-lib32)
 			outname="${outname%%-lib32}"
 			_descr="32-bit Libraries"
 			pkgdeps="${outname}"
 			;;
 		*-dev)
 			outname="${outname%%-dev}"
 			_descr="Development Files"
 			pkgdeps="${outname}"
 			;;
 		*-dbg)
 			outname="${outname%%-dbg}"
 			_descr="Debugging Symbols"
 			pkgdeps="${outname}"
 			;;
 		*-man)
 			outname="${outname%%-man}"
 			_descr="Manual Pages"
 			pkgdeps="${outname}"
 			;;
 		${origname})
 			;;
 		*)
 			uclfile="${outname##*}${origname}"
 			outname="${outname##*}${origname}"
 			;;
 	esac
 
 	desc="$(make -C ${srctree}/release/packages -f Makefile.package -V ${outname}_DESC)"
 	comment="$(make -C ${srctree}/release/packages -f Makefile.package -V ${outname}_COMMENT)"
 
 	uclsource="${srctree}/release/packages/template.ucl"
 
 	if [ ! -z "${debug}" ]; then
 		echo ""
 		echo "==============================================================="
 		echo "DEBUG:"
 		echo "_descr=${_descr}"
 		echo "outname=${outname}"
 		echo "origname=${origname}"
 		echo "srctree=${srctree}"
 		echo "uclfile=${uclfile}"
 		echo "desc=${desc}"
 		echo "comment=${comment}"
 		echo "vital=${vital}"
 		echo "cp ${uclsource} -> ${uclfile}"
 		echo "==============================================================="
 		echo ""
 		echo ""
 		echo ""
 	fi
 
 	[ -z "${comment}" ] && comment="${outname} package"
 	[ ! -z "${_descr}" ] && comment="${comment} (${_descr})"
 	[ -z "${desc}" ] && desc="${outname} package"
 
 	cp "${uclsource}" "${uclfile}"
 	if [ ! -z "${pkgdeps}" ]; then
 		echo 'deps: {' >> ${uclfile}
 		for dep in ${pkgdeps}; do
 			cat <<EOF >> ${uclfile}
 	FreeBSD-${dep}: {
 		origin: "base",
 		version: "${PKG_VERSION}"
 	}
 EOF
 		done
 		echo '}' >> ${uclfile}
 	fi
 	cap_arg="$( make -f ${srctree}/share/mk/bsd.endian.mk -VCAP_MKDB_ENDIAN )"
 	${srctree}/release/packages/generate-ucl.lua \
 		VERSION "${PKG_VERSION}" \
 		PKGNAME "${origname}" \
 		PKGGENNAME "${outname}" \
 		PKG_NAME_PREFIX "${PKG_NAME_PREFIX}" \
 		COMMENT "${comment}" \
 		DESC "${desc}" \
 		CAP_MKDB_ENDIAN "${cap_arg}" \
 		PKG_WWW "${PKG_WWW}" \
 		PKG_MAINTAINER "${PKG_MAINTAINER}" \
 		UCLFILES "${srctree}/release/packages/" \
 		${uclsource} ${uclfile}
 
 	return 0
 }
 
 main "${@}"