diff --git a/dtool/Config.FreeBSD.pp b/dtool/Config.FreeBSD.pp
index db0559c4af..6d8bafc1ca 100644
--- a/dtool/Config.FreeBSD.pp
+++ b/dtool/Config.FreeBSD.pp
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 // to a subsequent version of Panda.
 // *******************************************************************
 
+#define IS_FREEBSD 1
+
 // What additional flags should we pass to interrogate?
 #define SYSTEM_IGATE_FLAGS -D__i386__ -D__const=const -D__LITTLE_ENDIAN__ -D__inline__=inline -D__GNUC__
 
diff --git a/dtool/LocalSetup.pp b/dtool/LocalSetup.pp
index 06e5be5d7a..6c3685bfae 100644
--- a/dtool/LocalSetup.pp
+++ b/dtool/LocalSetup.pp
@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@ $[cdefine USE_STL_ALLOCATOR]
 /* Platform-identifying defines. */
 $[cdefine IS_OSX]
 $[cdefine IS_LINUX]
+$[cdefine IS_FREEBSD]
 
 
 #end dtool_config.h
diff --git a/panda/src/nativenet/socket_portable.h b/panda/src/nativenet/socket_portable.h
index 62f88320ba..49fd8b9b20 100755
--- a/panda/src/nativenet/socket_portable.h
+++ b/panda/src/nativenet/socket_portable.h
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ const int LOCAL_CONNECT_BLOCKING = EINPROGRESS;
 * LINUX and FreeBSD STUFF
 ************************************************************************/
 
-#elif defined(IS_LINUX) || defined(IS_OSX) || defined(FreeBSD)
+#elif defined(IS_LINUX) || defined(IS_OSX) || defined(IS_FREEBSD)
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>