1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f162f21..80e6b506 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -418,7 +418,8 @@ if (HAVE_SYS_CAPABILITY_H)
     NAMES cap
     DOC "libcap library"
   )
-  if (NOT LIBCAP_LIBRARIES)
+# On FreeBSD <sys/capabilities.h> is present in libc, so we don't require libcap there.
+  if (NOT LIBCAP_LIBRARIES AND NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Found \"sys/capability.h\" but could not find libcap")
   endif()
 else()