diff --git a/macros/ChangeLog b/macros/ChangeLog
index 2fc49bb6c2..aa56f1fc8a 100644
--- a/macros/ChangeLog
+++ b/macros/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1998-08-06  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
+
+	* gnome-libgtop-sysdeps.m4: Added `freebsd' directory.
+
 1998-08-04  Raja R Harinath  <harinath@cs.umn.edu>
 
 	* gnome-x-checks.m4: Define USE_DEVGTK unconditionally to `true'.
diff --git a/macros/gnome-libgtop-sysdeps.m4 b/macros/gnome-libgtop-sysdeps.m4
index 8ec9409857..c99760a7e9 100644
--- a/macros/gnome-libgtop-sysdeps.m4
+++ b/macros/gnome-libgtop-sysdeps.m4
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ main (void)
 	  libgtop_use_machine_h=yes
 	  libgtop_need_server=yes
 	  ;;
+	freebsd*)
+	  libgtop_sysdeps_dir=freebsd
+	  libgtop_use_machine_h=yes
+	  libgtop_need_server=yes
+	  ;;
 	*)
 	  libgtop_sysdeps_dir=stub
 	  libgtop_use_machine_h=no