diff --git a/src/common/darktable.h b/src/common/darktable.h
index 9eb0fa4..9101b33 100644
--- a/src/common/darktable.h
+++ b/src/common/darktable.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #if defined __DragonFly__ || defined __FreeBSD__ || \
     defined __NetBSD__ || defined __OpenBSD__
 #define _WITH_DPRINTF
+#define _WITH_GETLINE
 #elif !defined _XOPEN_SOURCE
 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 700 // for localtime_r and dprintf
 #endif