diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc b/libexec/rc/rc
--- a/libexec/rc/rc
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@
 # Do a first pass to get everything up to $early_late_divider so that
 # we can do a second pass that includes $local_startup directories
 #
-files=`rcorder ${skip} ${skip_firstboot} /etc/rc.d/* 2>/dev/null`
+unset system_rc
+find_system_scripts
+files=`rcorder ${skip} ${skip_firstboot} ${system_rc} 2>/dev/null`
 
 _rc_elem_done=' '
 for _rc_elem in ${files}; do
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@
 	esac
 done
 
-unset files local_rc
+unset files local_rc system_rc
 
 # Now that disks are mounted, for each dir in $local_startup
 # search for init scripts that use the new rc.d semantics.
@@ -122,7 +124,8 @@
 	skip_firstboot=""
 fi
 
-files=`rcorder ${skip} ${skip_firstboot} /etc/rc.d/* ${local_rc} 2>/dev/null`
+find_system_scripts
+files=`rcorder ${skip} ${skip_firstboot} ${system_rc} ${local_rc} 2>/dev/null`
 for _rc_elem in ${files}; do
 	case "$_rc_elem_done" in
 	*" $_rc_elem "*)	continue ;;
diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.subr b/libexec/rc/rc.subr
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.subr
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.subr
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@
 	/etc/rc.d/*.sh)			# no longer allowed in the base
 		warn "Ignoring old-style startup script $_file"
 		;;
-	*[~#]|*.OLD|*.bak|*.orig|*,v)	# scratch file; skip
+	*[~#]|*.OLD|*.bak|*.orig|*,v|*.pkgsave|*.pkgnew)	# scratch file; skip
 		warn "Ignoring scratch file $_file"
 		;;
 	*)				# run in subshell
@@ -2042,6 +2042,19 @@
 	done
 }
 
+find_system_scripts() {
+	system_rc=''
+	for file in /etc/rc.d/*; do
+		case "${file##*/}" in
+		*.pkgsave) ;;
+		*)	if [ -x "$file" ]; then
+				system_rc="${system_rc} ${file}"
+			fi
+			;;
+		esac
+	done
+}
+
 # check_required_{before|after} command
 #	Check for things required by the command before and after its precmd,
 #	respectively.  The two separate functions are needed because some