diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ecdbfd5039..41a6bf3ee9 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -108,7 +108,12 @@ pkgbuild/efl.install \
 po/xgettext_wrapper.sh \
 po/Makevars.in
 
+if HAVE_FREEBSD
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)data/pkgconfig
+else
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+endif
+
 pkgconfig_DATA =
 
 if HAVE_WINDOWS
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f1a2e3374f..51ffe927f4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ AC_SUBST(EFL_VERSION_MINOR)
 have_systemd_pkg="no"
 have_win32="no"
 have_windows="no"
+have_freebsd="no"
 have_darwin="no"
 have_linux="no"
 have_ps3="no"
@@ -197,6 +198,9 @@ case "$host_os" in
       have_windows="yes"
       EFL_CFLAGS="${EFL_CFLAGS} -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO"
    ;;
+   freebsd*)
+      have_freebsd="yes"
+   ;;
    darwin*)
       have_darwin="yes"
    ;;
@@ -221,6 +225,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_WIN32], [test "x${have_win32}" = "xyes"])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_WINDOWS], [test "x${have_windows}" = "xyes"])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_PS3], [test "x${have_ps3}" = "xyes"])
 
+AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_FREEBSD], [test "x${have_freebsd}" = "xyes"])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_OSX], [test "x${have_darwin}" = "xyes"])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_X86_64], [test "x${host_cpu}" = "xx86_64"])