diff --git a/src/goto-cc/as_mode.cpp b/src/goto-cc/as_mode.cpp
index 1a3739237a8..8355fb28799 100644
--- a/src/goto-cc/as_mode.cpp
+++ b/src/goto-cc/as_mode.cpp
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ int as_modet::as_hybrid_binary()
   debug() << "merging " << output_file << eom;
   std::string saved=output_file+".goto-cc-saved";
 
-  #ifdef __linux__
+  #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)
   if(result==0)
   {
     // remove any existing goto-cc section
diff --git a/src/goto-cc/hybrid_binary.cpp b/src/goto-cc/hybrid_binary.cpp
index fa5f0f0dd64..cb539602026 100644
--- a/src/goto-cc/hybrid_binary.cpp
+++ b/src/goto-cc/hybrid_binary.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int hybrid_binary(
 
   int result;
 
-#ifdef __linux__
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)
   std::string objcopy_cmd;
 
   if(has_suffix(compiler_or_linker, "-ld"))