diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/patches/15.0/rc-bash.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/patches/15.0/rc-bash.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e793f0c1ffee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/patches/15.0/rc-bash.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.subr b/libexec/rc/rc.subr
+index 101c69e93cde..b95fc1b93285 100644
+--- a/libexec/rc/rc.subr
++++ b/libexec/rc/rc.subr
+@@ -2493,7 +2493,7 @@ ltr()
+ 		fi
+ 	done
+ 	if [ -n "${_var}" ]; then
+-		setvar "${_var}" "${_out}"
++		printf -v "${_var}" "%s" "${_out}"
+ 	else
+ 		echo "${_out}"
+ 	fi
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/rc.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/rc.nix
index 96aadbc618f2..6a7a04f6512e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/rc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/rc.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
   protect,
   mount,
   fsck,
+  logger,
+  devmatch,
+  sort,
+  kldload,
+  kldstat,
+  devctl,
+  sed,
+  gnugrep,
 }:
 let
   rcDepsPath = lib.makeBinPath [
@@ -22,6 +30,14 @@ let
     mount
     protect
     fsck
+    logger
+    devmatch
+    sort
+    kldload
+    kldstat
+    devctl
+    sed
+    gnugrep
   ];
 in
 mkDerivation {
@@ -43,20 +59,23 @@ mkDerivation {
   ''
   + (
     let
-      bins = [
-        "/sbin/sysctl"
-        "/usr/bin/protect"
-        "/usr/bin/id"
-        "/bin/ps"
-        "/bin/cpuset"
-        "/usr/bin/stat"
-        "/bin/rm"
-        "/bin/chmod"
-        "/bin/cat"
-        "/bin/sync"
-        "/bin/sleep"
-        "/bin/date"
-      ];
+      bins = {
+        "/sbin/sysctl" = sysctl;
+        "/usr/bin/protect" = protect;
+        "/usr/bin/id" = id;
+        "/bin/ps" = bin;
+        "/bin/cpuset" = bin;
+        "/usr/bin/stat" = stat;
+        "/bin/rm" = bin;
+        "/bin/chmod" = bin;
+        "/bin/cat" = bin;
+        "/bin/sync" = bin;
+        "/bin/sleep" = bin;
+        "/bin/date" = bin;
+        "/usr/bin/logger" = logger;
+        "logger" = logger;
+        "kenv" = bin;
+      };
       scripts = [
         "rc"
         "rc.initdiskless"
@@ -64,17 +83,26 @@ mkDerivation {
         "rc.subr"
         "rc.suspend"
         "rc.resume"
+        "rc.conf"
       ];
       scriptPaths = "$BSDSRCDIR/libexec/rc/{${lib.concatStringsSep "," scripts}}";
     in
     # set PATH correctly in scripts
     ''
       sed -E -i -e "s|PATH=.*|PATH=${rcDepsPath}|g" ${scriptPaths}
+      sed -E -i -e "/etc\/rc.subr/i export PATH=${rcDepsPath}" $BSDSRCDIR/libexec/rc/rc.d/*
     ''
-    # replace executable absolute filepaths with PATH lookups
-    + lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (fname: ''
-      sed -E -i -e "s|${fname}|${lib.last (lib.splitString "/" fname)}|g" \
-        ${scriptPaths}'') bins
+    # replace executable references with nix store filepaths
+    + lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (
+      {
+        fname ? name,
+        name,
+        value,
+      }:
+      ''
+        sed -E -i -e "s|${fname}|${lib.getBin value}/bin/${lib.last (lib.splitString "/" fname)}|g" \
+          ${scriptPaths}''
+    ) (lib.attrsToList bins)
     + "\n"
   );