diff --git a/etc/etc.amd64/rc.amd64 b/etc/etc.amd64/rc.amd64
index b42161ec50c..219eb09f6d7 100644
--- a/etc/etc.amd64/rc.amd64
+++ b/etc/etc.amd64/rc.amd64
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$Id: rc.i386,v 1.37 1998/11/11 05:25:32 peter Exp $
+#	$Id: rc.i386,v 1.38 1999/01/29 18:09:38 yokota Exp $
 #	Do i386 specific processing
 #
 
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ if [ "X${linux_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then
 	echo -n ' linux';		linux > /dev/null 2>&1
 fi
 
+# Start the SysVR4 binary emulation if requested.
+if [ "X${svr4_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then
+	echo -n ' svr4';		svr4 > /dev/null 2>&1
+fi
+
 if [ "X${xtend_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then
  	echo -n ' xtend';	/usr/libexec/xtend
 fi
diff --git a/etc/etc.i386/rc.i386 b/etc/etc.i386/rc.i386
index b42161ec50c..219eb09f6d7 100644
--- a/etc/etc.i386/rc.i386
+++ b/etc/etc.i386/rc.i386
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$Id: rc.i386,v 1.37 1998/11/11 05:25:32 peter Exp $
+#	$Id: rc.i386,v 1.38 1999/01/29 18:09:38 yokota Exp $
 #	Do i386 specific processing
 #
 
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ if [ "X${linux_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then
 	echo -n ' linux';		linux > /dev/null 2>&1
 fi
 
+# Start the SysVR4 binary emulation if requested.
+if [ "X${svr4_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then
+	echo -n ' svr4';		svr4 > /dev/null 2>&1
+fi
+
 if [ "X${xtend_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then
  	echo -n ' xtend';	/usr/libexec/xtend
 fi
diff --git a/etc/rc.conf b/etc/rc.conf
index 06518869a6d..36f8eb5ee5e 100644
--- a/etc/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/rc.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 # All arguments must be in double or single quotes.
 #
-#	$Id: rc.conf,v 1.79 1999/01/26 10:15:57 jkh Exp $
+#	$Id: rc.conf,v 1.80 1999/01/27 05:00:58 jkh Exp $
 
 ##############################################################
 ### Important initial Boot-time options  #####################
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ check_quotas="NO"	# Check quotas (or NO).
 accounting_enable="NO"	# Turn on process accounting (or NO).
 ibcs2_enable="NO"	# Ibcs2 (SCO) emulation loaded at startup (or NO).
 linux_enable="NO"	# Linux emulation loaded at startup (or NO).
+svr4_enable="NO"	# SysVR4 emulation loaded at startup (or NO).
 rand_irqs="NO"		# Stir the entropy pool (like "5 11" or NO).
 clear_tmp_enable="NO"	# Clear /tmp at startup.
 ldconfig_paths="/usr/lib/compat /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/local/lib"