Index: etc/defaults/rc.conf
===================================================================
--- etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@
 ### Network daemon (miscellaneous) ###
 hostapd_enable="NO"		# Run hostap daemon.
 syslogd_enable="YES"		# Run syslog daemon (or NO).
+syslogd_supervise="NO"		# Automatically restart syslogd.
 syslogd_program="/usr/sbin/syslogd" # path to syslogd, if you want a different one.
 syslogd_flags="-s"		# Flags to syslogd (if enabled).
 syslogd_oomprotect="YES"	# Don't kill syslogd when swap space is exhausted. 
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@
 pppoed_flags="-P /var/run/pppoed.pid"	# Flags to pppoed (if enabled).
 pppoed_interface="fxp0"		# The interface that pppoed runs on.
 sshd_enable="NO"		# Enable sshd
+sshd_supervise="NO"		# Automatically restart sshd
 sshd_program="/usr/sbin/sshd"	# path to sshd, if you want a different one.
 sshd_flags=""			# Additional flags for sshd.
 ftpd_enable="NO"		# Enable stand-alone ftpd.
@@ -594,6 +596,7 @@
 auditdistd_program="/usr/sbin/auditdistd"	# Path to the auditdistd daemon.
 auditdistd_flags=""	# Which options to pass to the auditdistd daemon.
 cron_enable="YES"	# Run the periodic job daemon.
+cron_supervise="NO"	# Automatically restart cron.
 cron_program="/usr/sbin/cron"	# Which cron executable to run (if enabled).
 cron_dst="YES"		# Handle DST transitions intelligently (YES/NO)
 cron_flags=""		# Which options to pass to the cron daemon.
Index: etc/rc.d/cron
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/cron
+++ etc/rc.d/cron
@@ -21,4 +21,11 @@
 then
 	cron_flags="$cron_flags -s"
 fi
+if checkyesno cron_supervise
+then
+	procname="daemon"
+	pidfile="/var/run/cron-daemon.pid"
+	cron_daemon="-r -P ${pidfile}"
+	cron_flags="${cron_flags} -n"
+fi
 run_rc_command "$1"
Index: etc/rc.d/sshd
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/sshd
+++ etc/rc.d/sshd
@@ -85,4 +85,11 @@
 }
 
 load_rc_config $name
+if checkyesno sshd_supervise
+then
+	procname="daemon"
+	pidfile="/var/run/sshd-daemon.pid"
+	sshd_daemon="-r -P ${pidfile}"
+	sshd_flags="${sshd_flags} -D"
+fi
 run_rc_command "$1"
Index: etc/rc.d/syslogd
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/syslogd
+++ etc/rc.d/syslogd
@@ -71,4 +71,11 @@
 	echo $_socketargs
 }
 load_rc_config $name
+if checkyesno syslogd_supervise
+then
+	procname="daemon"
+	pidfile="/var/run/syslogd-daemon.pid"
+	syslogd_daemon="-r -P ${pidfile}"
+	syslogd_flags="${syslogd_flags} -F"
+fi
 run_rc_command "$1"
Index: etc/rc.subr
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.subr
+++ etc/rc.subr
@@ -746,6 +746,9 @@
 #	${name}_chdir	n	Directory to cd to before running ${command}
 #				(if not using ${name}_chroot).
 #
+#	${name}_daemon	n	Arguments to pass to daemon(8) before
+#				running ${command}.
+#
 #	${name}_flags	n	Arguments to call ${command} with.
 #				NOTE:	$flags from the parent environment
 #					can be used to override this.
@@ -952,7 +955,7 @@
 	    _group=\$${name}_group	_groups=\$${name}_groups \
 	    _fib=\$${name}_fib		_env=\$${name}_env \
 	    _prepend=\$${name}_prepend	_login_class=\${${name}_login_class:-daemon} \
-	    _oomprotect=\$${name}_oomprotect
+	    _oomprotect=\$${name}_oomprotect	_daemon=\$${name}_daemon
 
 	if [ -n "$_user" ]; then	# unset $_user if running as that user
 		if [ "$_user" = "$(eval $IDCMD)" ]; then
@@ -1044,19 +1047,22 @@
 					# setup the full command to run
 					#
 			check_startmsgs && echo "Starting ${name}."
+			_doit="$command $rc_flags $command_args"
+			if [ -n "$_daemon" ]; then
+				_doit="daemon $_daemon $_doit"
+			fi
 			if [ -n "$_chroot" ]; then
 				_doit="\
 ${_nice:+nice -n $_nice }\
 ${_fib:+setfib -F $_fib }\
 ${_env:+env $_env }\
 chroot ${_user:+-u $_user }${_group:+-g $_group }${_groups:+-G $_groups }\
-$_chroot $command $rc_flags $command_args"
+$_chroot $_doit"
 			else
 				_doit="\
 ${_chdir:+cd $_chdir && }\
 ${_fib:+setfib -F $_fib }\
-${_env:+env $_env }\
-$command $rc_flags $command_args"
+${_env:+env $_env } $_doit"
 				if [ -n "$_user" ]; then
 				    _doit="su -m $_user -c 'sh -c \"$_doit\"'"
 				fi