diff --git a/src/bin/e.h b/src/bin/e.h
index 2cddb31a5..1407bcfba 100644
--- a/src/bin/e.h
+++ b/src/bin/e.h
@@ -104,8 +104,10 @@ void *alloca (size_t);
 #  include <execinfo.h>
 # endif
 
-# ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_H
-#  include <malloc.h>
+# if !defined (__FreeBSD__) && !defined (__OpenBSD__)
+#  ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_H
+#   include <malloc.h>
+#  endif
 # endif
 
 // XXX: FIXME: TMP solution for window stack until api is settled
diff --git a/src/bin/system/e_system.h b/src/bin/system/e_system.h
index c956c7a2f..5fc4b9639 100644
--- a/src/bin/system/e_system.h
+++ b/src/bin/system/e_system.h
@@ -66,8 +66,10 @@ void *alloca (size_t);
 # include <inttypes.h>
 # include <assert.h>
 # include <fcntl.h>
-# ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_H
-#  include <malloc.h>
+# if !defined (__FreeBSD__) && !defined (__OpenBSD__)
+#  ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_H
+#   include <malloc.h>
+#  endif
 # endif
 
 #if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)