diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/openbsd/pkgs/rc/binsh-is-bash.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/openbsd/pkgs/rc/binsh-is-bash.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bae4bb0e878b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/openbsd/pkgs/rc/binsh-is-bash.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+When /bin/sh is bash, this code doesn't work right - bash has a "tail call"
+optimization where the last command in a finite script will be run as if with
+exec instead of forking a new shell. rc here expects `pkill -P $$` (kill all
+processes with parent pid == shell) to effectively background a process, but
+instead it kills it!
+
+diff --git a/etc/rc.d/rc.subr b/etc/rc.d/rc.subr
+index 1f872f0ebc8..0c32b00e2ef 100644
+--- a/etc/rc.d/rc.subr
++++ b/etc/rc.d/rc.subr
+@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ rc_exec() {
+ 		${daemon_execdir:+cd ${daemon_execdir} && } \
+ 		$@ \
+ 		${daemon_logger:+ 2>&1 |
+-			logger -isp ${daemon_logger} -t ${_name}}"
++			logger -isp ${daemon_logger} -t ${_name}}; exit"
+ }
+ 
+ rc_start() {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/openbsd/pkgs/rc/package.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/openbsd/pkgs/rc/package.nix
index 2baf4be5923c..8ae9086b92ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/openbsd/pkgs/rc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/openbsd/pkgs/rc/package.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "rc";
   path = "etc";
 
-  patches = [ ./boot-phases.patch ];
+  patches = [
+    ./boot-phases.patch
+    ./binsh-is-bash.patch
+  ];
 
   buildPhase = ":";