diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 87026e3..39485dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Toxic is a [Tox](https://tox.im)-based instant messenging client which formerly
 * You can add specific flags to the Makefile with `USER_CFLAGS=""` and/or `USER_LDFLAGS=""`
 * You can pass your own flags to the Makefile with `CFLAGS=""` and/or `LDFLAGS=""` (this will supersede the default ones)
 * Audio call support is automatically enabled if all dependencies are found
+* If you want to build toxic without audio call support, you can use `make DISABLE_AV=1`
 
 ### Packaging
 * For packaging purpose, you can use `DESTDIR=""` to specify a directory where to store installed files
diff --git a/build/Makefile b/build/Makefile
index 0014392..ecf0777 100644
--- a/build/Makefile
+++ b/build/Makefile
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ UNAME_S = $(shell uname -s)
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S), Linux)
 	-include $(CFG_DIR)/Linux.mk
 endif
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S), FreeBSD)
+	-include $(CFG_DIR)/FreeBSD.mk
+endif
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S), Darwin)
 	-include $(CFG_DIR)/Darwin.mk
 endif
diff --git a/cfg/FreeBSD.mk b/cfg/FreeBSD.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4c1e43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cfg/FreeBSD.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Specials options for freebsd systems
+LIBS := $(filter-out ncursesw, $(LIBS))
+LDFLAGS += -lncursesw