diff --git a/gas/config/obj-elf.c b/gas/config/obj-elf.c
index 6e16a62..2b7aa29 100644
--- a/gas/config/obj-elf.c
+++ b/gas/config/obj-elf.c
@@ -1703,8 +1703,9 @@ obj_elf_type (int ignore ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
       bed = get_elf_backend_data (stdoutput);
       if (!(bed->elf_osabi == ELFOSABI_GNU
 	    /* GNU is still using the default value 0.  */
-	    || bed->elf_osabi == ELFOSABI_NONE))
-	as_bad (_("symbol type \"%s\" is supported only by GNU targets"),
+	    || bed->elf_osabi == ELFOSABI_NONE
+	    || bed->elf_osabi == ELFOSABI_FREEBSD))
+	as_bad (_("symbol type \"%s\" is supported only by GNU and FreeBSD targets"),
 		type_name);
       type = BSF_FUNCTION | BSF_GNU_INDIRECT_FUNCTION;
     }