diff --git a/extern/libopenjpeg/opj_malloc.h b/extern/libopenjpeg/opj_malloc.h
index 4e9727af0f3..960bdb3ec4b 100644
--- a/extern/libopenjpeg/opj_malloc.h
+++ b/extern/libopenjpeg/opj_malloc.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Allocate memory aligned to a 16 byte boundry
 	#if defined(__sun)
 			#define HAVE_MEMALIGN
 		#elif defined(__GNUC__)
-                        #ifndef __APPLE__
+                        #if !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(__FreeBSD__)
 			    #define HAVE_MEMALIGN
 			    #include <malloc.h>
                         #endif
diff --git a/extern/libopenjpeg/patches/fbsd.patch b/extern/libopenjpeg/patches/fbsd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..90e77600941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extern/libopenjpeg/patches/fbsd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: extern/libopenjpeg/opj_malloc.h
+===================================================================
+--- extern/libopenjpeg/opj_malloc.h	(revision 27736)
++++ extern/libopenjpeg/opj_malloc.h	(working copy)
+@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
+ 	#if defined(__sun)
+ 			#define HAVE_MEMALIGN
+ 		#elif defined(__GNUC__)
+-                        #ifndef __APPLE__
++                        #if !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(__FreeBSD__)
+ 			    #define HAVE_MEMALIGN
+ 			    #include <malloc.h>
+                         #endif