diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 793d9d156d..b9504a5288 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ OS_CFLAGS="-mno-cygwin"
 MINGW32*)
 mingw32="yes"
 ;;
+GNU/kFreeBSD)
+oss="yes"
+if [ "$cpu" = "i386" -o "$cpu" = "x86_64" ] ; then
+    kqemu="yes"
+fi
+;;
 FreeBSD)
 bsd="yes"
 oss="yes"
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 88f4177529..4def8abfee 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 #ifndef __APPLE__
 #include <libutil.h>
 #endif
+#elif defined (__GLIBC__) && defined (__FreeBSD_kernel__)
+#include <freebsd/stdlib.h>
 #else
 #ifndef __sun__
 #include <linux/if.h>
@@ -3451,7 +3453,7 @@ static TAPState *net_tap_fd_init(VLANState *vlan, int fd)
     return s;
 }
 
-#ifdef _BSD
+#if defined (_BSD) || defined (__FreeBSD_kernel__)
 static int tap_open(char *ifname, int ifname_size)
 {
     int fd;