diff --git a/net-mgmt/ipfm/pkg-plist b/net-mgmt/ipfm/pkg-plist
index 74273dcc3e89..51974749b2b9 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/ipfm/pkg-plist
+++ b/net-mgmt/ipfm/pkg-plist
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 sbin/ipfm
 etc/ipfm.conf
 @exec mkdir -p /var/log/ipfm
+@unexec rmdir /var/log/ipfm 2>/dev/null || echo "The logs will be left in /var/log/ipfm after the port is deinstalled."
diff --git a/net/ipfm/pkg-plist b/net/ipfm/pkg-plist
index 74273dcc3e89..51974749b2b9 100644
--- a/net/ipfm/pkg-plist
+++ b/net/ipfm/pkg-plist
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 sbin/ipfm
 etc/ipfm.conf
 @exec mkdir -p /var/log/ipfm
+@unexec rmdir /var/log/ipfm 2>/dev/null || echo "The logs will be left in /var/log/ipfm after the port is deinstalled."