diff --git a/sbin/devd/devd.conf b/sbin/devd/devd.conf
index 9604fe8efc0..ccf9726ab12 100644
--- a/sbin/devd/devd.conf
+++ b/sbin/devd/devd.conf
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ options {
 	# Setup some shorthand for regex that we use later in the file.
 	#XXX Yes, this is gross -- imp
 	set wifi-driver-regex
-		"(ath|bwi|bwn|ipw|iwlwifi|iwi|iwm|iwn|malo|mwl|otus|ral|rsu|rtw|rtwn|rum|\
-		run|uath|upgt|ural|urtw|wpi|wtap|zyd)[0-9]+";
+		"(ath|bwi|bwn|ipw|iwlwifi|iwi|iwm|iwn|malo|mwl|mt79|otus|\
+		ral|rsu|rtw|rtwn|rum|run|uath|upgt|ural|urtw|wpi|wtap|zyd)[0-9]+";
 };
 
 # Note that the attach/detach with the highest value wins, so that one can