diff --git a/etc/rc.d/ip6addrctl b/etc/rc.d/ip6addrctl
index 914ca8ca6ec..a7aa90c9147 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/ip6addrctl
+++ b/etc/rc.d/ip6addrctl
@@ -24,38 +24,42 @@ config_file="/etc/ip6addrctl.conf"
 set_rcvar_obsolete ipv6_enable ipv6_activate_all_interfaces
 set_rcvar_obsolete ipv6_prefer ip6addrctl_policy
 
+IP6ADDRCTL_CMD="/usr/sbin/ip6addrctl"
+
 ip6addrctl_prefer_ipv6()
 {
 	afexists inet6 || return 0
 
-	ip6addrctl flush >/dev/null 2>&1
-	ip6addrctl add ::1/128		 50	 0
-	ip6addrctl add ::/0		 40	 1
-	ip6addrctl add ::ffff:0:0/96	 35	 4
-	ip6addrctl add 2002::/16	 30	 2
-	ip6addrctl add 2001::/32	  5	 5
-	ip6addrctl add fc00::/7		  3	13
-	ip6addrctl add ::/96		  1	 3
-	ip6addrctl add fec0::/10	  1	11
-	ip6addrctl add 3ffe::/16	  1	12
-	checkyesno ip6addrctl_verbose && ip6addrctl
+	${IP6ADDRCTL_CMD} flush >/dev/null 2>&1
+	cat <<EOT | ${IP6ADDRCTL_CMD} install /dev/stdin
+	::1/128		 50	 0
+	::/0		 40	 1
+	::ffff:0:0/96	 35	 4
+	2002::/16	 30	 2
+	2001::/32	  5	 5
+	fc00::/7	  3	13
+	::/96		  1	 3
+	fec0::/10	  1	11
+	3ffe::/16	  1	12
+EOT
 }
 
 ip6addrctl_prefer_ipv4()
 {
 	afexists inet6 || return 0
 
-	ip6addrctl flush >/dev/null 2>&1
-	ip6addrctl add ::1/128		 50	 0
-	ip6addrctl add ::/0		 40	 1
-	ip6addrctl add ::ffff:0:0/96	100	 4
-	ip6addrctl add 2002::/16	 30	 2
-	ip6addrctl add 2001::/32	  5	 5
-	ip6addrctl add fc00::/7		  3	13
-	ip6addrctl add ::/96		  1	 3
-	ip6addrctl add fec0::/10	  1	11
-	ip6addrctl add 3ffe::/16	  1	12
-	checkyesno ip6addrctl_verbose && ip6addrctl
+	${IP6ADDRCTL_CMD} flush >/dev/null 2>&1
+	cat <<EOT | ${IP6ADDRCTL_CMD} install /dev/stdin
+	::1/128		 50	 0
+	::/0		 40	 1
+	::ffff:0:0/96	100	 4
+	2002::/16	 30	 2
+	2001::/32	  5	 5
+	fc00::/7	  3	13
+	::/96		  1	 3
+	fec0::/10	  1	11
+	3ffe::/16	  1	12
+EOT
 }
 
 ip6addrctl_start()
@@ -66,9 +70,8 @@ ip6addrctl_start()
 	case "${ip6addrctl_policy}" in
 	[Aa][Uu][Tt][Oo])
 		if [ -r "${config_file}" -a -s "${config_file}" ]; then
-			ip6addrctl flush >/dev/null 2>&1
-			ip6addrctl install "${config_file}"
-			checkyesno ip6addrctl_verbose && ip6addrctl
+			${IP6ADDRCTL_CMD} flush >/dev/null 2>&1
+			${IP6ADDRCTL_CMD} install "${config_file}"
 		else
 			if checkyesno ipv6_activate_all_interfaces; then
 				ip6addrctl_prefer_ipv6
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ ip6addrctl_start()
 		ip6addrctl_prefer_ipv4
 	;;
 	[Nn][Oo][Nn][Ee])
-		ip6addrctl flush >/dev/null 2>&1
+		${IP6ADDRCTL_CMD} flush >/dev/null 2>&1
 	;;
 	*)
 		warn "\$ip6addrctl_policy is invalid: ${ip6addrctl_policy}. " \
@@ -100,6 +103,11 @@ ip6addrctl_start()
 		ip6addrctl_prefer_ipv4
 	;;
 	esac
+
+	if checkyesno ip6addrctl_verbose; then
+		echo 'Address selection policy table for IPv4 and IPv6:'
+		${IP6ADDRCTL_CMD}
+	fi
 }
 
 ip6addrctl_stop()