diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9614d7028..ea5a094f7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ elseif(NOT MSVC)
   set(Boost_LIBRARIES "${Boost_LIBRARIES};rt;pthread")
 endif()
 
+if(FREEBSD)
+ set(BSD_COMPAT "compat")
+endif()
+
 set(COMMIT_ID_IN_VERSION ON CACHE BOOL "Include commit ID in version")
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version")
 if (NOT COMMIT_ID_IN_VERSION)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e4e682b99..0bb3b87ea 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ add_library(cryptonote_core ${CRYPTONOTE_CORE})
 add_executable(daemon ${DAEMON} ${P2P} ${CRYPTONOTE_PROTOCOL})
 add_executable(connectivity_tool ${CONN_TOOL})
 add_executable(simpleminer ${MINER})
-target_link_libraries(daemon rpc cryptonote_core crypto common upnpc-static ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
-target_link_libraries(connectivity_tool cryptonote_core crypto common ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
-target_link_libraries(simpleminer cryptonote_core crypto common ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(daemon rpc cryptonote_core crypto common upnpc-static ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${BSD_COMPAT})
+target_link_libraries(connectivity_tool cryptonote_core crypto common ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${BSD_COMPAT})
+target_link_libraries(simpleminer cryptonote_core crypto common ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${BSD_COMPAT})
 add_library(rpc ${RPC})
 add_library(wallet ${WALLET})
 add_executable(simplewallet ${SIMPLEWALLET} )
-target_link_libraries(simplewallet wallet rpc cryptonote_core crypto common upnpc-static ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(simplewallet wallet rpc cryptonote_core crypto common upnpc-static ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${BSD_COMPAT})
 add_dependencies(daemon version)
 add_dependencies(rpc version)
 add_dependencies(simplewallet version)