Index: etc/rc.subr
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.subr
+++ etc/rc.subr
@@ -755,6 +755,8 @@
 #
 #	${name}_nice	n	Nice level to run ${command} at.
 #
+#	${name}_oomprotect n	Protect against OOM Killer.
+#
 #	${name}_user	n	User to run ${command} as, using su(1) if not
 #				using ${name}_chroot.
 #				Requires /usr to be mounted.
@@ -944,7 +946,8 @@
 	    _nice=\$${name}_nice	_user=\$${name}_user \
 	    _group=\$${name}_group	_groups=\$${name}_groups \
 	    _fib=\$${name}_fib		_env=\$${name}_env \
-	    _prepend=\$${name}_prepend	_login_class=\${${name}_login_class:-daemon}
+	    _prepend=\$${name}_prepend	_login_class=\${${name}_login_class:-daemon} \
+	    _oomprotect=\$${name}_oomprotect
 
 	if [ -n "$_user" ]; then	# unset $_user if running as that user
 		if [ "$_user" = "$(eval $IDCMD)" ]; then
@@ -1050,6 +1053,18 @@
 				if [ -n "$_prepend" ]; then
 					_doit="$_prepend $_doit"
 				fi
+				if [ -n "$_oomprotect" ]; then
+					if [ -r /usr/bin/protect ]; then
+						case $_oomprotect in
+						[Aa][Ll][Ll])
+							_doit="protect -i ${command} ${rc_flags}"
+							;;
+						[Yy][Ee][Ss])
+							_doit="protect ${command} ${rc_flags}"
+							;;
+						esac
+					fi
+				fi	
 			fi
 
 					# Prepend default limits