diff --git a/config.lib b/config.lib
index 442243395f..f7efa14ae2 100644
--- a/config.lib
+++ b/config.lib
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ make_cflags_and_ldflags() {
 		LIBS="$LIBS -lws2_32 -lwinmm -lgdi32 -ldxguid -lole32"
 	fi
 
-	if [ "$os" != "CYGWIN" ] && [ "$os" != "MINGW" ] && [ "$os" != "MORPHOS" ] && [ "$os" != "OSX" ]
+	if [ "$os" != "CYGWIN" ] && [ "$os" != "FREEBSD" ] && [ "$os" != "MINGW" ] && [ "$os" != "MORPHOS" ] && [ "$os" != "OSX" ]
 	then
 		LIBS="$LIBS -lpthread"
 		LIBS="$LIBS -lrt"