diff --git a/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp b/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
index 29762335e..ba168aa1e 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 #else // unix
 
-#if defined( __APPLE__ ) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#if defined( __APPLE__ ) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
     #define stat64 stat
 #endif