diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aae3b09411..320c89786c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),FreeBSD)
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -I/usr/local/include
 	BASIC_LDFLAGS += -L/usr/local/lib
 	DIR_HAS_BSD_GROUP_SEMANTICS = YesPlease
+	USE_ST_TIMESPEC = YesPlease
 	THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH = YesPlease
 	ifeq ($(shell expr "$(uname_R)" : '4\.'),2)
 		PTHREAD_LIBS = -pthread