diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ff4e5e5f..bd6f1891 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ wlr_deps += [
 	math,
 ]
 
+if host_machine.system().startswith('freebsd')
+	override_options = ['b_lundef=false']
+else
+	override_options = []
+endif
+
 symbols_file = 'wlroots.syms'
 symbols_flag = '-Wl,--version-script,@0@/@1@'.format(meson.current_source_dir(), symbols_file)
 lib_wlr = library(
@@ -122,6 +128,7 @@ lib_wlr = library(
 	install: true,
 	link_args : symbols_flag,
 	link_depends: symbols_file,
+	override_options: override_options,
 )
 
 wlroots = declare_dependency(