diff --git a/build/platforms/freebsd-gcc/Make-platform b/build/platforms/freebsd-gcc/Make-platform
index f5750b49ce..25b326070b 100644
--- a/build/platforms/freebsd-gcc/Make-platform
+++ b/build/platforms/freebsd-gcc/Make-platform
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ LDAP_CRYPT_LIB= -lcrypt
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CC	= gcc
 PLATFORMCFLAGS=	-Dfreebsd
+PLATFORMLIBS=-lcompat
diff --git a/include/portable.h b/include/portable.h
index 48838109ad..8d08f6feff 100644
--- a/include/portable.h
+++ b/include/portable.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
  * some systems don't have the BSD re_comp and re_exec routines
  */
 #ifndef NEED_BSDREGEX
-#if defined( SYSV ) || defined( VMS ) || defined( netbsd ) || defined( freebsd ) || defined( linux )
+#if defined( SYSV ) || defined( VMS ) || defined( netbsd ) || defined( linux )
 #define NEED_BSDREGEX
 #endif
 #endif