diff --git a/include/sys/fs/zfs.h b/include/sys/fs/zfs.h
index 07c2776227..001893b716 100644
--- a/include/sys/fs/zfs.h
+++ b/include/sys/fs/zfs.h
@@ -829,8 +829,8 @@ typedef struct zpool_load_policy {
  * The location of the pool configuration repository, shared between kernel and
  * userland.
  */
+#define	ZPOOL_CACHE_BOOT	"/boot/zfs/zpool.cache"
 #define	ZPOOL_CACHE		"/etc/zfs/zpool.cache"
-
 /*
  * vdev states are ordered from least to most healthy.
  * A vdev that's CANT_OPEN or below is considered unusable.
diff --git a/module/zfs/spa_config.c b/module/zfs/spa_config.c
index b30c65e71e..95dd19844b 100644
--- a/module/zfs/spa_config.c
+++ b/module/zfs/spa_config.c
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ spa_config_load(void)
 
 	err = zfs_file_open(pathname, O_RDONLY, 0, &fp);
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+	if (err)
+		err = zfs_file_open(ZPOOL_CACHE_BOOT, O_RDONLY, 0, &fp);
+#endif
 	kmem_free(pathname, MAXPATHLEN);
 
 	if (err)