diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 0b2c9af..5551bb8 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+AC_DEFUN([LIBBURNIA_SET_FLAGS],
+[
+case $target_os in
+freebsd*)
+        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L/usr/local/lib"
+        CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I/usr/local/include"
+        ;;
+esac
+])
+
+
 AC_DEFUN([TARGET_SHIZZLE],
 [
   ARCH=""
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d190b5e..a333afc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ dnl AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 
+LIBBURNIA_SET_FLAGS
+
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
 
 dnl A61101 This breaks Linux build (makes 32 bit off_t)