diff --git a/lang/erlang/25/pkg/epmd.rc b/lang/erlang/25/pkg/epmd.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..032665bc5f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/erlang/25/pkg/epmd.rc
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+#!/bin/ksh
+
+daemon="${TRUEPREFIX}/bin/epmd${MAJ_V} -daemon"
+daemon_flags="-address 127.0.0.1"
+daemon_user=_erlang
+
+. /etc/rc.d/rc.subr
+
+rc_reload=NO
+
+rc_cmd $1