diff --git a/compiler/evalffi.nim b/compiler/evalffi.nim
index 0aa8dd331fc7..58c505a5bc1e 100644
--- a/compiler/evalffi.nim
+++ b/compiler/evalffi.nim
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ when defined(windows):
   const libcDll = "msvcrt.dll"
 elif defined(linux):
   const libcDll = "libc.so(.6|.5|)"
-elif defined(freebsd):
+elif defined(bsd):
   const libcDll = "/lib/libc.so.7"
 elif defined(osx):
   const libcDll = "/usr/lib/libSystem.dylib"
diff --git a/lib/system/ansi_c.nim b/lib/system/ansi_c.nim
index 0adcd67f7806..1ff15611c387 100644
--- a/lib/system/ansi_c.nim
+++ b/lib/system/ansi_c.nim
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ type
   CFilePtr* = ptr CFile ## The type representing a file handle.
 
 # duplicated between io and ansi_c
-const stdioUsesMacros = (defined(osx) or defined(freebsd)) and not defined(emscripten)
+const stdioUsesMacros = (defined(osx) or defined(bsd)) and not defined(emscripten)
 const stderrName = when stdioUsesMacros: "__stderrp" else: "stderr"
 const stdoutName = when stdioUsesMacros: "__stdoutp" else: "stdout"
 const stdinName = when stdioUsesMacros: "__stdinp" else: "stdin"
diff --git a/lib/system/io.nim b/lib/system/io.nim
index bfc90997918f..5f4c7d6d712e 100644
--- a/lib/system/io.nim
+++ b/lib/system/io.nim
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type
 # text file handling:
 when not defined(nimscript) and not defined(js):
   # duplicated between io and ansi_c
-  const stdioUsesMacros = (defined(osx) or defined(freebsd)) and not defined(emscripten)
+  const stdioUsesMacros = (defined(osx) or defined(bsd)) and not defined(emscripten)
   const stderrName = when stdioUsesMacros: "__stderrp" else: "stderr"
   const stdoutName = when stdioUsesMacros: "__stdoutp" else: "stdout"
   const stdinName = when stdioUsesMacros: "__stdinp" else: "stdin"
diff --git a/tests/vm/mevalffi.nim b/tests/vm/mevalffi.nim
index 3603488eb7ef..e15ed8f74dd0 100644
--- a/tests/vm/mevalffi.nim
+++ b/tests/vm/mevalffi.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # re-enable for windows once libffi can be installed in koch.nim
 # With win32 (not yet win64), libffi on windows works and this test passes.
 
-when defined(linux) or defined(freebsd):
+when defined(linux) or defined(bsd):
   {.passL: "-lm".} # for exp
 proc c_exp(a: float64): float64 {.importc: "exp", header: "<math.h>".}