diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/var_run b/libexec/rc/rc.d/var_run
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.d/var_run
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# PROVIDE: kq-var-run
+# REQUIRE: zfs tmp
+# BEFORE: FILESYSTEMS
+
+. /etc/rc.subr
+
+name=var_run
+rcvar=var_run_enable
+extra_commands="load save"
+start_cmd="_var_run_start"
+load_cmd="_var_run_load"
+save_cmd="_var_run_save"
+stop_cmd="_var_run_stop"
+
+load_rc_config $name
+
+# Set defaults
+: ${var_run_enable:="NO"}
+: ${var_run_mtree:="/var/db/mtree/BSD.var-run.mtree"}
+: ${var_run_autosave:="YES"}
+
+_var_run_load() {
+	test -f ${var_run_mtree} &&
+		mtree -U -i -q -f ${var_run_mtree} -p /var/run > /dev/null
+}
+
+_var_run_save() {
+	if [ ! -d $(dirname ${var_run_mtree}) ]; then
+		mkdir -p ${var_run_mtree}
+	fi
+	mtree -dcbj -p /var/run > ${var_run_mtree}
+}
+
+_var_run_start() {
+	df -ttmpfs /var/run > /dev/null 2>&1 &&
+		_var_run_load
+}
+
+_var_run_stop() {
+	df -ttmpfs /var/run > /dev/null 2>&1 && 
+		checkyesno var_run_autosave &&
+			_var_run_save
+}
+
+run_rc_command "$1"
diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
--- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
@@ -463,6 +463,27 @@
 Clean the
 .Pa /var
 directory.
+.It Va var_run_enable
+.Pq Vt bool
+Set to "YES" to enable saving of the
+.Pa /var/run
+directory strcucture into an mtree file at shutdown and the reload of the
+.Pa /var/run
+directory structure at boot.
+.It Va var_run_autosave
+.Pq Vt bool
+In some cases it may be undesirable to save
+.Pa /var/run
+at shutdown. When set to "NO"
+.Pa /var/run
+is loaded at reboot but not saved at shutdown. Typically in this scenario
+a
+.Pa service
+.Pa var_run
+.Pa save
+would be performed to save a copy of the
+.Pa /var/run
+directory structure once, to be reload during all subsequent reboots.
 .It Va local_startup
 .Pq Vt str
 List of directories to search for startup script files.