diff --git a/rpcs3/util/vm_native.cpp b/rpcs3/util/vm_native.cpp
index 906e4b974..8caad72d9 100644
--- a/rpcs3/util/vm_native.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/util/vm_native.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ static int memfd_create_(const char *name, uint flags)
 {
 	return syscall(__NR_memfd_create, name, flags);
 }
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
+#define memfd_create_ memfd_create
 #endif
 
 namespace utils
@@ -289,7 +291,7 @@ namespace utils
 	{
 #ifdef _WIN32
 		m_handle = ensure(::CreateFileMappingW(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, nullptr, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, 0, m_size, nullptr));
-#elif __linux__
+#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
 		m_file = -1;
 
 		// Try to use 2MB pages for 2M-aligned shm