diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f77bd4..a5a0eb0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ MacOS
 ```brew install gettext && brew install openssl```
 To compile on mac you need to edit the Makefile to point to openssl@3 within the homebrew install dir
 
+FreeBSD
+```
+pkg install gettext
+```
+FreeBSD includes OpenSSL in base, it only requires to install gettext via ports or pkg. A custom BSDmakefile is provided for build and installation.
+
 ## Author
 Alexia Michelle
 
diff --git a/src/BSDmakefile b/src/BSDmakefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d70183b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/BSDmakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Makefile for sslcheck
+# https://github.com/alexiarstein/sslcheck
+# If you're building on macOS, be sure to install gettext and openssl.
+# Maintained by Alexia Michelle
+# Modified by Joel Pelaez Jorge for FreeBSD
+
+CC = cc
+CFLAGS = -Wall -O2 -I/usr/local/include
+LDFLAGS = -L/usr/local/lib
+LIBS = -lssl -lcrypto -lintl
+
+OUTPUT = sslcheck
+SOURCES = sslcheck.c
+
+UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
+PREFIX = /usr/local
+DOMAIN = sslcheck
+LOCALEDIR = ${PREFIX}/share/locale
+BINDIR = ${PREFIX}/bin
+POFILES = es fr en it
+
+all: sslcheck mo
+
+sslcheck: sslcheck.c
+	@echo "Compiling for: ${UNAME_S}"
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -DLOCALE_PATH=\"${LOCALEDIR}\" -o ${OUTPUT} ${SOURCES} ${LDFLAGS} ${LIBS}
+
+mo:
+	@echo "Compiling translation files..."
+	@for lang in ${POFILES}; do \
+		echo "  $$lang"; \
+		msgfmt $$lang.po -o $$lang.mo; \
+	done
+
+install: all
+	@echo "Installing binary to ${BINDIR}"
+	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}
+	install -m 755 sslcheck ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/sslcheck
+	@echo "Installing locales to ${LOCALEDIR}"
+	@for lang in ${POFILES}; do \
+		mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${LOCALEDIR}/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES; \
+		install -m 644 $$lang.mo ${DESTDIR}${LOCALEDIR}/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES/${DOMAIN}.mo; \
+	done
+
+clean:
+	@rm -f sslcheck *.mo *~
+	@echo "Clean complete."
diff --git a/src/sslcheck.h b/src/sslcheck.h
index 32e161d..094bc61 100644
--- a/src/sslcheck.h
+++ b/src/sslcheck.h
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 // Header file
 
 #define _(STRING) gettext(STRING)
+#ifndef LOCALE_PATH
 #define LOCALE_PATH "/usr/share/locale"
+#endif
 #define VERSION "1.2.0"
 #define AUTHOR "Alexia Michelle <alexia@goldendoglinux.org>"