diff --git a/backends/skype/main.cpp b/backends/skype/main.cpp
index 99d77bc2..7cb7c59f 100644
--- a/backends/skype/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/skype/main.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 #include "sys/wait.h"
 #include "sys/signal.h"
 // #include "valgrind/memcheck.h"
+#ifndef __FreeBSD__
 #include "malloc.h"
+#endif
 #include <dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus-glib-lowlevel.h>
 
 
diff --git a/backends/swiften/main.cpp b/backends/swiften/main.cpp
index d9199aeb..6d7340d3 100644
--- a/backends/swiften/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/swiften/main.cpp
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 #include "sys/signal.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __FreeBSD__
 // malloc_trim
 #include "malloc.h"
+#endif
 
 // Boost
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
@@ -106,8 +108,10 @@ class SwiftenPlugin : public NetworkPlugin {
 			}
 
 #ifndef WIN32
+#ifndef __FreeBSD__
 			// force returning of memory chunks allocated by libxml2 to kernel
 			malloc_trim(0);
+#endif
 #endif
 		}
 
diff --git a/spectrum/src/main.cpp b/spectrum/src/main.cpp
index 82352ad4..4df436d4 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/main.cpp
+++ b/spectrum/src/main.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 #include <grp.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include "libgen.h"
+#ifndef __FreeBSD__
 #include <malloc.h>
+#endif
 #else
 #include <process.h>
 #define getpid _getpid