--- a/misc/util.cpp
+++ b/misc/util.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <ifaddrs.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
+#include <net/if_dl.h>
+#include <net/if_types.h>
+#include <net/ethernet.h>
+#endif
 #include <net/if.h>
 #include <upnp/ixml.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
@@ -74,6 +82,7 @@ char* substr(const char* str, unsigned i
 }
 
 const char* getMACFromInterface(const char* Interface) {
+#ifndef __FreeBSD__
     int fd;
     struct ifreq ifr;
 
@@ -95,6 +104,31 @@ const char* getMACFromInterface(const ch
          (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[3],
          (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[4],
          (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[5]);
+#else
+    struct ifaddrs *ifa, *ifp = NULL;
+    char *ret = new char[18];
+    strcpy(ret, "00:00:00:00:00:00");
+
+    if (!Interface || getifaddrs(&ifp) < 0)
+        return ret;
+
+    for (ifa = ifp; ifa != NULL; ifa = ifa->ifa_next) {
+        if (strcmp(ifa->ifa_name, Interface))
+            continue;
+
+        if (ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_LINK) {
+            struct sockaddr_dl *sdl =
+                (struct sockaddr_dl *)ifa->ifa_addr;
+
+            if (sdl->sdl_type == IFT_ETHER &&
+                sdl->sdl_alen == ETHER_ADDR_LEN)
+                snprintf(ret, 18, "%s",
+                    ether_ntoa((struct ether_addr *)LLADDR(sdl)));
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+    freeifaddrs(ifp);
+#endif
 
     return ret;
 }
--- a/server/server.cpp
+++ b/server/server.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 #include <vdr/plugin.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#endif
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <upnp/upnp.h>
 #include "server.h"