diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 28f7eb894a50b5345b9a0111a27a1a7b577b925d..91647d83bb2541b3a53d9e062a1d5a4bf5de177d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -511,7 +511,11 @@ if(HAVE_PTHREAD_MUTEX_ADAPTIVE_NP)
 endif()
 
 include(CheckCXXSymbolExists)
-check_cxx_symbol_exists(malloc_usable_size malloc.h HAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE)
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "^FreeBSD")
+  check_cxx_symbol_exists(malloc_usable_size malloc_np.h HAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE)
+else()
+  check_cxx_symbol_exists(malloc_usable_size malloc.h HAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE)
+endif()
 if(HAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE)
   add_definitions(-DROCKSDB_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE)
 endif()