diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c3e693b374..55a0a98dbc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ VERSION     = $(shell git name-rev --name-only --tags --no-undefined HEAD 2>/dev
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
 os-dependencies = linux-dependencies
+else ifneq (,$(findstring BSD,$(UNAME_S)))
+os-dependencies = bsd-dependencies
 else ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
 os-dependencies = osx-dependencies
 endif
@@ -307,7 +309,12 @@ cli-dependencies:
 linux-dependencies: cli-dependencies linux-native-dependencies
 
 linux-native-dependencies:
-	@./thirdparty/configure-linux-native-deps.sh
+	@./thirdparty/configure-native-deps.sh
+
+bsd-dependencies: cli-dependencies bsd-native-dependencies
+
+bsd-native-dependencies:
+	@./thirdparty/configure-native-deps.sh
 
 windows-dependencies:
 	@./thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps-windows.sh
diff --git a/thirdparty/configure-linux-native-deps.sh b/thirdparty/configure-linux-native-deps.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0d3de1bf96..0000000000
--- a/thirdparty/configure-linux-native-deps.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Use Linux system dependencies where possible, but take into account different .so names.
-
-os="$(uname -s)"
-if [ "$os" = 'Linux' ] || [ "$os" = 'FreeBSD' ]; then
-	locations="/lib /lib64 /usr/lib /usr/lib64 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/local/lib /opt/lib"
-	sonames="liblua.so.5.1.5 liblua5.1.so.5.1 liblua5.1.so.0 liblua.so.5.1 liblua-5.1.so liblua5.1.so"
-
-	if [ -f Eluant.dll.config ]; then
-		exit 0
-	fi
-
-	for location in $locations ; do
-		for soname in $sonames ; do
-			if [ -f "$location/$soname" ]; then
-				liblua51=$soname
-				echo "Detected Lua 5.1 library at "$location/$soname
-				break 2
-			fi
-		done
-	done
-
-	if [ -z "$liblua51" ]; then
-		echo "Lua 5.1 library detection failed."
-		exit 1
-	else
-		sed "s/@LIBLUA51@/${liblua51}/" thirdparty/Eluant.dll.config.in > Eluant.dll.config
-		echo "Eluant.dll.config has been created successfully."
-	fi
-fi
diff --git a/thirdparty/configure-native-deps.sh b/thirdparty/configure-native-deps.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c3ec15277f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/configure-native-deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Use BSD/Linux system dependencies where possible, but take into account different .so names.
+
+locations="/lib /lib64 /usr/lib /usr/lib64 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/local/lib /opt/lib"
+sonames="liblua.so.5.1.5 liblua5.1.so.5.1 liblua5.1.so.0 liblua.so.5.1 liblua-5.1.so liblua5.1.so"
+
+if [ -f Eluant.dll.config ]; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+for location in $locations ; do
+	for soname in $sonames ; do
+		if [ -f "$location/$soname" ]; then
+			liblua51=$soname
+			echo "Detected Lua 5.1 library at "$location/$soname
+			break 2
+		fi
+	done
+done
+
+if [ -z "$liblua51" ]; then
+	echo "Lua 5.1 library detection failed."
+	exit 1
+else
+	sed "s/@LIBLUA51@/${liblua51}/" thirdparty/Eluant.dll.config.in > Eluant.dll.config
+	echo "Eluant.dll.config has been created successfully."
+fi