diff --git a/release/tools/azure.conf b/release/tools/azure.conf
--- a/release/tools/azure.conf
+++ b/release/tools/azure.conf
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@
 # https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/marketplace/azure-vm-certification-faq#vm-images-must-have-1-mb-of-free-space
 export VM_BOOTPARTSOFFSET=1M
 
+# Hack for FreeBSD 15.0; should go away before 15.1.
+MISSING_METALOGS="
+./usr/local/etc/pam.d/sudo
+./usr/local/etc/ssl/cert.pem
+./usr/local/etc/sudo.conf
+./usr/local/etc/sudo_logsrvd.conf
+./usr/local/etc/sudoers
+./usr/local/etc/waagent.conf
+"
+
 vm_extra_pre_umount() {
 	# Remove the pkg package and repo databases as they will likely
 	# be out of date by the time the image is used.  In unprivileged
diff --git a/release/tools/ec2-cloud-init.conf b/release/tools/ec2-cloud-init.conf
--- a/release/tools/ec2-cloud-init.conf
+++ b/release/tools/ec2-cloud-init.conf
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@
 # Services to enable in rc.conf(5).
 export VM_RC_LIST="${VM_RC_LIST} cloudinit sshd"
 
+# Hack for FreeBSD 15.0; should go away before 15.1.
+MISSING_METALOGS="
+./usr/local/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
+./usr/local/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg
+./usr/local/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99_freebsd.cfg
+./usr/local/etc/pam.d/sudo
+./usr/local/etc/ssl/cert.pem
+./usr/local/etc/sudo.conf
+./usr/local/etc/sudo_logsrvd.conf
+./usr/local/etc/sudoers
+"
+
 vm_extra_pre_umount() {
 	# Configuration common to all EC2 AMIs
 	ec2_common
diff --git a/release/tools/gce.conf b/release/tools/gce.conf
--- a/release/tools/gce.conf
+++ b/release/tools/gce.conf
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
 	google_accounts_daemon google_clock_skew_daemon \
 	google_instance_setup google_network_daemon"
 
+# Hack for FreeBSD 15.0; should go away before 15.1.
+MISSING_METALOGS="
+./usr/local/etc/instance_configs.cfg.distro
+./usr/local/etc/pam.d/sudo
+./usr/local/etc/sudo.conf
+./usr/local/etc/sudo_logsrvd.conf
+./usr/local/etc/sudoers
+./usr/local/etc/syslog.d/90-google.conf
+"
+
 vm_extra_install_base() {
 	echo 'search google.internal' > ${DESTDIR}/etc/resolv.conf
 	echo 'nameserver 169.254.169.254' >> ${DESTDIR}/etc/resolv.conf
diff --git a/release/tools/oracle.conf b/release/tools/oracle.conf
--- a/release/tools/oracle.conf
+++ b/release/tools/oracle.conf
@@ -39,6 +39,19 @@
     sshd
     zfs"
 
+# Hack for FreeBSD 15.0; should go away before 15.1.
+MISSING_METALOGS="
+./usr/local/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
+./usr/local/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg
+./usr/local/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99_freebsd.cfg
+./usr/local/etc/pam.d/sudo
+./usr/local/etc/rsync/rsyncd.conf
+./usr/local/etc/ssl/cert.pem
+./usr/local/etc/sudo.conf
+./usr/local/etc/sudo_logsrvd.conf
+./usr/local/etc/sudoers
+"
+
 vm_extra_pre_umount() {
 	cat <<-'EOF' >> ${DESTDIR}/etc/rc.conf
 		dumpdev=AUTO
diff --git a/release/tools/vmimage.subr b/release/tools/vmimage.subr
--- a/release/tools/vmimage.subr
+++ b/release/tools/vmimage.subr
@@ -334,6 +334,16 @@
 			metalog_add_data ./var/db/services.db
 		fi
 
+		if [ -n "${MISSING_METALOGS}" ]; then
+			# Hack to allow VM configurations to add files which
+			# weren't being added to METALOG appropriately.  This
+			# is mainly a workaround for the @sample bug and it
+			# should go away before FreeBSD 15.1 ships.
+			for P in ${MISSING_METALOGS}; do
+				metalog_add_data ${P}
+			done
+		fi
+
 		# Sort METALOG file; makefs produces directories with 000 permissions
 		# if their contents are seen before the directories themselves.
 		env -i LC_COLLATE=C sort -u ${DESTDIR}/METALOG > ${DESTDIR}/METALOG.sorted