diff --git a/etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist b/etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist
--- a/etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist
+++ b/etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@
         ..
         ssl
         ..
+	sysctl.conf.d
+	..
         syslog.d
         ..
         zfs
diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/kld b/libexec/rc/rc.d/kld
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.d/kld
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.d/kld
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 	echo 'Loading kernel modules:'
 	for _kld in $kld_list ; do
 		load_kld -e ${_kld}.ko $_kld
+		if [ -f "/etc/sysctl.conf.d/${_kld}.conf" ]; then
+			sysctl -f /etc/sysctl.conf.d/${_kld}.conf
+		fi
 	done
 }
 
diff --git a/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5
--- a/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@
 as seen in the
 .Sx EXAMPLES
 section, below.
+.Pp
+For kernel modules loaded via the
+.Va kld_list
+variable in
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf ,
+additional module-specific settings can be applied
+by adding a file in the same format named
+.Pf /etc/sysctl.d/<module name>.conf .
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /etc/rc.d/sysctl_lastload -compact
 .It Pa /etc/rc.d/sysctl
@@ -69,6 +77,9 @@
 .It Pa /etc/sysctl.conf.local
 Machine-specific settings for sites with a common
 .Pa /etc/sysctl.conf .
+.It Pa /etc/sysctl.conf.d
+Module specific settings for kernel modules loaded via
+.Va kld_list .
 .El
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 To turn off logging of programs that exit due to fatal signals you may use