diff --git a/src/idnode.c b/src/idnode.c
index 192e929a..e3ea6aba 100644
--- a/src/idnode.c
+++ b/src/idnode.c
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ void
 idnode_set_sort
   ( idnode_set_t *is, idnode_sort_t *sort )
 {
-  qsort_r(is->is_array, is->is_count, sizeof(idnode_t*), idnode_cmp_sort, (void*)sort);
+  tvh_qsort_r(is->is_array, is->is_count, sizeof(idnode_t*), idnode_cmp_sort, (void*)sort);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/tvheadend.h b/src/tvheadend.h
index 83d29fe3..9076710c 100644
--- a/src/tvheadend.h
+++ b/src/tvheadend.h
@@ -657,6 +657,8 @@ qsort_r(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
        int (*cmp)(const void *, const void *, void *), void *aux);
 #endif /* ENABLE_QSORT_R */
 
+void tvh_qsort_r(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size, int (*compar)(const void *, const void *, void *), void *arg);
+
 /* printing */
 #ifndef __WORDSIZE
 # if ULONG_MAX == 0xffffffffffffffff
diff --git a/src/wrappers.c b/src/wrappers.c
index 3968572e..82535abf 100644
--- a/src/wrappers.c
+++ b/src/wrappers.c
@@ -168,3 +168,31 @@ qsort_r(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
   qsort(base, nmemb, size, qsort_r_wrap);
 }
 #endif /* ENABLE_QSORT_R */
+
+
+#if defined(PLATFORM_FREEBSD)
+struct tvh_qsort_data {
+    void *arg;
+    int (*compar)(const void *, const void *, void *);
+};
+
+
+static int
+tvh_qsort_swap(void *arg, const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+    struct tvh_qsort_data *data = arg;
+    return data->compar(a, b, data->arg);
+}
+#endif /* PLATFORM_FREEBSD */
+
+
+void
+tvh_qsort_r(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size, int (*compar)(const void *, const void *, void *), void *arg)
+{
+#if defined(PLATFORM_FREEBSD)
+    struct tvh_qsort_data swap_arg = {arg, compar};
+    qsort_r(base, nmemb, size, &swap_arg, tvh_qsort_swap);
+#else
+    qsort_r(base, nmemb, size, compar, arg);
+#endif
+}