diff --git a/sysutils/firstboot-pkgs/Makefile b/sysutils/firstboot-pkgs/Makefile
index 5f6dc7452b53..9d023485c4f7 100644
--- a/sysutils/firstboot-pkgs/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/firstboot-pkgs/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	firstboot-pkgs
-PORTVERSION=	1.4
+PORTVERSION=	1.5
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	# none
 DISTFILES=	# none
diff --git a/sysutils/firstboot-pkgs/files/firstboot_pkgs.in b/sysutils/firstboot-pkgs/files/firstboot_pkgs.in
index 817ae95a8ad8..886ac4221dab 100644
--- a/sysutils/firstboot-pkgs/files/firstboot_pkgs.in
+++ b/sysutils/firstboot-pkgs/files/firstboot_pkgs.in
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ firstboot_pkgs_run()
 	fi
 
 	# Install requested packages, if any
-	if ! [ -z "$firstboot_pkgs_list" ]; then
-		env ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=YES pkg install $firstboot_pkgs_list </dev/null |
+	for package in ${firstboot_pkgs_list}; do
+		env ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=YES pkg install ${package} </dev/null |
 		    cat
-	fi
+	done
 
 	# Count rc.d scripts again
 	nscriptsn=`ls /usr/local/etc/rc.d | wc -l`