diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dc78d1de..eb733eb3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -263,6 +263,14 @@ case "$host_os" in
 		OS_DYFLAGS="-export-dynamic"
 		DARWIN_OPTS=""
 		OS_LDL=""
+		case "$host_os" in
+			*freebsd[[234567]]*)
+			;;
+			*freebsd*)
+				AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([COROSYNC_FREEBSD_GE_8], [1],
+					   [Compiling for FreeBSD >= 8 platform])
+			;;
+		esac
 	;;
 	*solaris*)
 		AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([COROSYNC_SOLARIS], [1],
diff --git a/exec/main.c b/exec/main.c
index 951b13da..c27c7135 100644
--- a/exec/main.c
+++ b/exec/main.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static void corosync_tty_detach (void)
 
 static void corosync_mlockall (void)
 {
-#if !defined(COROSYNC_BSD)
+#if !defined(COROSYNC_BSD) || defined(COROSYNC_FREEBSD_GE_8)
 	int res;
 #endif
 	struct rlimit rlimit;
@@ -417,8 +417,8 @@ static void corosync_mlockall (void)
 	setrlimit (RLIMIT_VMEM, &rlimit);
 #endif
 
-#if defined(COROSYNC_BSD)
-	/* under FreeBSD a process with locked page cannot call dlopen
+#if defined(COROSYNC_BSD) && !defined(COROSYNC_FREEBSD_GE_8)
+	/* under FreeBSD < 8 a process with locked page cannot call dlopen
 	 * code disabled until FreeBSD bug i386/93396 was solved
 	 */
 	log_printf (LOGSYS_LEVEL_WARNING, "Could not lock memory of service to avoid page faults\n");