diff --git a/databases/memcached12/files/memcached.in b/databases/memcached12/files/memcached.in
index f06fdf17aeda..73110c6720c6 100644
--- a/databases/memcached12/files/memcached.in
+++ b/databases/memcached12/files/memcached.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #				Default is "nobody".
 #
 
-. %%RC_SUBR%%
+. /etc/rc.subr
 
 name="memcached"
 rcvar=${name}_enable