diff --git a/include/amqpcpp/endian.h b/include/amqpcpp/endian.h
index c6fab90..3e9831c 100644
--- a/include/amqpcpp/endian.h
+++ b/include/amqpcpp/endian.h
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@
 #define be64toh(x) betoh64(x)
 #define le64toh(x) letoh64(x)
 
+/**
+ * FreeBSD handling
+ */
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
+
+#include <sys/endian.h>
+
 /**
  *  Not on apple, and not on windows
  */