diff --git a/sysvinit/freebsd/dsidentify.tmpl b/sysvinit/freebsd/dsidentify.tmpl
index 2bb0cfcf2080..e462b31fb967 100755
--- a/sysvinit/freebsd/dsidentify.tmpl
+++ b/sysvinit/freebsd/dsidentify.tmpl
@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@ load_rc_config 'cloudinit'
 
 : ${cloudinit_enable="NO"}
 : ${cloudinit_dsidentify_enable="YES"}
+: ${cloudinit_env"PATH_DI_CONFIG={{ prefix }}/etc/cloud/ds-identify.cfg PATH_ETC_CLOUD={{ prefix }}/etc/cloud"}
 
 run_rc_command "$1"