diff --git a/dns/coredns/Makefile b/dns/coredns/Makefile
index 16034b7653c8..a130ab8dffb7 100644
--- a/dns/coredns/Makefile
+++ b/dns/coredns/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PORTNAME=	coredns
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	1.11.1
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	dns
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
diff --git a/dns/coredns/files/coredns.in b/dns/coredns/files/coredns.in
index c7e998a02093..fb5af7605464 100644
--- a/dns/coredns/files/coredns.in
+++ b/dns/coredns/files/coredns.in
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ command_args="-S -m 3 -s "info" -l "daemon" -p ${pidfile} /usr/bin/env ${procnam
 
 coredns_precmd()
 {
-	/usr/bin/install -d -m 0755 \
-	        %%PREFIX%%/etc/coredns
+	/usr/bin/install -d -m 0755 %%PREFIX%%/etc/coredns && \
+	cfg_dir=$(dirname "${coredns_config}") && cd "$cfg_dir"
 }
 
 run_rc_command "$1"