diff --git a/confs/freebsd.sh b/confs/freebsd.sh
index 78d80c1e2..6d108a51f 100755
--- a/confs/freebsd.sh
+++ b/confs/freebsd.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
-meson -Dsystemd=false -Ddevice-udev=false \
+meson -Dsystemd=false -Ddevice-udev=false -Dgesture-recognition=false \
  $@ . build