diff --git a/sysutils/firstboot-freebsd-update/Makefile b/sysutils/firstboot-freebsd-update/Makefile
index fd86494e9571..ae3a9d035acc 100644
--- a/sysutils/firstboot-freebsd-update/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/firstboot-freebsd-update/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 PORTNAME=	firstboot-freebsd-update
-PORTVERSION=	1.2
+PORTVERSION=	1.3
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	# none
 DISTFILES=	# none
 EXTRACT_ONLY=	# none
 
 MAINTAINER=	cperciva@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Update the system using freebsd-update when it first boots
 
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 NO_INSTALL=	yes
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	firstboot_freebsd_update
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/firstboot-freebsd-update/files/firstboot_freebsd_update.in b/sysutils/firstboot-freebsd-update/files/firstboot_freebsd_update.in
index d2a925d9691f..220825e87710 100644
--- a/sysutils/firstboot-freebsd-update/files/firstboot_freebsd_update.in
+++ b/sysutils/firstboot-freebsd-update/files/firstboot_freebsd_update.in
@@ -1,54 +1,54 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # KEYWORD: firstboot
 # PROVIDE: firstboot_freebsd_update
 # REQUIRE: syslogd NETWORKING
 # BEFORE: LOGIN
 
 # Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf.local or /etc/rc.conf (in the disk
 # image, since this only runs on the first boot) to enable this:
 #
 # firstboot_freebsd_update_enable="YES"
 #
 # By default this script will only run on *-BETA*, *-RC*, and *-RELEASE*
 # systems, since those are the only ones for which updates are provided by
 # the FreeBSD project; to run freebsd-update anyway (e.g., on a custom
 # release for which you are providing your own update bits), set:
 #
 # firstboot_freebsd_update_nonstandard="YES"
 
 . /etc/rc.subr
 
 : ${firstboot_freebsd_update_enable:="NO"}
 : ${firstboot_freebsd_update_nonstandard:="NO"}
 
 name="firstboot_freebsd_update"
 rcvar=firstboot_freebsd_update_enable
 start_cmd="firstboot_freebsd_update_run | logger -s -t 'freebsd-update'"
 stop_cmd=":"
 
 firstboot_freebsd_update_run()
 {
 
 	if ! checkyesno firstboot_freebsd_update_nonstandard; then
 		case "`uname -r`" in
 		*-BETA* | *-RC* | *-RELEASE*)
 			;;
 		*)
 			echo "Firstboot freebsd-update disabled on `uname -r`"
 			return 0
 		;;
 		esac
 	fi
 
-	freebsd-update fetch
+	freebsd-update --not-running-from-cron fetch
 	if [ -e /var/db/freebsd-update/`echo / | sha256`-install ]; then
 		freebsd-update install
 		echo "Requesting reboot after installing updates."
 		touch ${firstboot_sentinel}-reboot
 	fi
 }
 
 load_rc_config $name
 run_rc_command "$1"