Index: sysutils/consul/files/consul.in
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--- sysutils/consul/files/consul.in
+++ sysutils/consul/files/consul.in
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 procname="%%PREFIX%%/bin/consul"
 command="/usr/sbin/daemon"
 command_args="-f -t ${name} ${consul_syslog_output_flags} -p ${pidfile} /usr/bin/env ${consul_env} ${procname} agent -data-dir=${consul_datadir} -config-dir=%%ETCDIR%% ${consul_args}"
+required_dirs="%%ETCDIR%%"
 
 consul_start_precmd()
 {