Index: head/libexec/rc/rc
===================================================================
--- head/libexec/rc/rc
+++ head/libexec/rc/rc
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
 	_boot="quietstart"
 fi
 
+_localbase=`/sbin/sysctl -n user.localbase 2> /dev/null`
+
 dlv=`/sbin/sysctl -n vfs.nfs.diskless_valid 2> /dev/null`
 if [ ${dlv:=0} -ne 0 -o -f /etc/diskless ]; then
 	sh /etc/rc.initdiskless
Index: head/libexec/rc/rc.conf
===================================================================
--- head/libexec/rc/rc.conf
+++ head/libexec/rc/rc.conf
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 ###  Important initial Boot-time options  ####################
 ##############################################################
 
+# Set default value of _localbase if not previously set
+: ${_localbase:="/usr/local"}
+
 # rc_debug can't be set here without interferring with rc.subr's setting it
 # when the kenv variable rc.debug is set.
 #rc_debug="NO"		# Set to YES to enable debugging output from rc.d
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@
 mfs_type="auto"		# "md", "tmpfs", "auto" to prefer tmpfs with md as fallback
 populate_var="AUTO"	# Set to YES to always (re)populate /var, NO to never
 cleanvar_enable="YES" 	# Clean the /var directory
-local_startup="/usr/local/etc/rc.d" # startup script dirs.
+local_startup="${_localbase}/etc/rc.d" # startup script dirs.
 script_name_sep=" "	# Change if your startup scripts' names contain spaces
 rc_conf_files="/etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf.local"
 
@@ -188,7 +191,7 @@
 ip_portrange_first="NO"		# Set first dynamically allocated port
 ip_portrange_last="NO"		# Set last dynamically allocated port
 ike_enable="NO"			# Enable IKE daemon (usually racoon or isakmpd)
-ike_program="/usr/local/sbin/isakmpd"	# Path to IKE daemon
+ike_program="${_localbase}/sbin/isakmpd"	# Path to IKE daemon
 ike_flags=""			# Additional flags for IKE daemon
 ipsec_enable="NO"		# Set to YES to run setkey on ipsec_file
 ipsec_file="/etc/ipsec.conf"	# Name of config file for setkey
@@ -647,19 +650,19 @@
 clear_tmp_enable="NO"	# Clear /tmp at startup.
 clear_tmp_X="YES" 	# Clear and recreate X11-related directories in /tmp
 ldconfig_insecure="NO"	# Set to YES to disable ldconfig security checks
-ldconfig_paths="/usr/lib/compat /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg"
+ldconfig_paths="/usr/lib/compat ${_localbase}/lib ${_localbase}/lib/compat/pkg"
 			# shared library search paths
 ldconfig32_paths="/usr/lib32 /usr/lib32/compat"
 			# 32-bit compatibility shared library search paths
-ldconfigsoft_paths="/usr/libsoft /usr/libsoft/compat /usr/local/libsoft"
+ldconfigsoft_paths="/usr/libsoft /usr/libsoft/compat ${_localbase}/libsoft"
 			# soft float compatibility shared library search paths
 			# Note: temporarily with extra stuff for transition
-ldconfig_local_dirs="/usr/local/libdata/ldconfig"
+ldconfig_local_dirs="${_localbase}/libdata/ldconfig"
 			# Local directories with ldconfig configuration files.
-ldconfig_local32_dirs="/usr/local/libdata/ldconfig32"
+ldconfig_local32_dirs="${_localbase}/libdata/ldconfig32"
 			# Local directories with 32-bit compatibility ldconfig
 			# configuration files.
-ldconfig_localsoft_dirs="/usr/local/libdata/ldconfigsoft"
+ldconfig_localsoft_dirs="${_localbase}/libdata/ldconfigsoft"
 			# Local directories with soft float compatibility ldconfig
 			# configuration files.
 kern_securelevel_enable="NO"	# kernel security level (see security(7))