diff --git a/usr.sbin/portsnap/portsnap/portsnap.sh b/usr.sbin/portsnap/portsnap/portsnap.sh
index 34a04904f86..75772f6f278 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/portsnap/portsnap/portsnap.sh
+++ b/usr.sbin/portsnap/portsnap/portsnap.sh
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ fetch_pick_server() {
 # Issue the SRV query and pull out the Priority, Weight, and Target fields.
 	host -t srv "_http._tcp.${SERVERNAME}" |
 	    grep -E "^_http._tcp.${SERVERNAME} has SRV record" |
-	    cut -f 5,6,8 -d ' ' > serverlist
+	    cut -f 5,6,8 -d ' ' | sed -e 's/\.$//' > serverlist
 
 # If no records, give up -- we'll just use the server name we were given.
 	if [ `wc -l < serverlist` -eq 0 ]; then