diff --git a/misc/mc/Makefile b/misc/mc/Makefile
index 87f5ef38bbe5..15e625430730 100644
--- a/misc/mc/Makefile
+++ b/misc/mc/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	mc
 PORTVERSION=	4.8.26
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	misc shells
 MASTER_SITES=	http://ftp.midnight-commander.org/ \
 		https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/midnightcommander/
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ post-install-X11-on:
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/pixmaps/
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/${PORTNAME}.desktop ${STAGEDIR}${DESKTOPDIR}
 
+post-install:
+.for i in edit.indent.rc filehighlight.ini mc.default.keymap mc.emacs.keymap \
+		mc.ext mc.menu mcedit.menu sfs.ini
+	${MV} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/${i} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/${i}.sample
+.endfor
+
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && ${OSVERSION} >= 1200030
diff --git a/misc/mc/pkg-plist b/misc/mc/pkg-plist
index 2b28e35bed07..c768b39be8b2 100644
--- a/misc/mc/pkg-plist
+++ b/misc/mc/pkg-plist
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ bin/mc
 bin/mcdiff
 %%EDITOR%%bin/mcedit
 bin/mcview
-%%ETCDIR%%/edit.indent.rc
-%%ETCDIR%%/filehighlight.ini
-%%ETCDIR%%/mc.default.keymap
-%%ETCDIR%%/mc.emacs.keymap
-%%ETCDIR%%/mc.ext
+@sample %%ETCDIR%%/edit.indent.rc.sample
+@sample %%ETCDIR%%/filehighlight.ini.sample
+@sample %%ETCDIR%%/mc.default.keymap.sample
+@sample %%ETCDIR%%/mc.emacs.keymap.sample
+@sample %%ETCDIR%%/mc.ext.sample
+@sample %%ETCDIR%%/mc.menu.sample
+@sample %%ETCDIR%%/mcedit.menu.sample
+@sample %%ETCDIR%%/sfs.ini.sample
 %%ETCDIR%%/mc.keymap
-%%ETCDIR%%/mc.menu
-%%ETCDIR%%/mcedit.menu
-%%ETCDIR%%/sfs.ini
 libexec/mc/ext.d/archive.sh
 libexec/mc/ext.d/doc.sh
 libexec/mc/ext.d/image.sh