diff --git a/awesome-client.c b/awesome-client.c
index 6e552efa..a70f4f06 100644
--- a/awesome-client.c
+++ b/awesome-client.c
@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ sockets_reconnect(void)
 static int
 send_msg(const char *msg, ssize_t msg_len)
 {
+    #ifndef __FreeBSD__
     if(send(csfd, msg, msg_len, MSG_NOSIGNAL | MSG_EOR) == -1)
+    #else
+    if(send(csfd, msg, msg_len, MSG_NOSIGNAL | MSG_EOF) == -1)
+    #endif
     {
         switch (errno)
         {
diff --git a/common/socket.c b/common/socket.c
index 840029cc..ba89831c 100644
--- a/common/socket.c
+++ b/common/socket.c
@@ -78,8 +78,11 @@ int
 socket_getclient(void)
 {
     int csfd;
-
+    #ifndef __FreeBSD__
     csfd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0);
+    #else
+    csfd = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    #endif
 
     if(csfd < 0)
         warn("error opening UNIX domain socket: %s", strerror(errno));