diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/net/sockinet.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/net/sockinet.cpp
index be92a092d..02b7ade1a 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/net/sockinet.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/net/sockinet.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ extern "C" {
 // Do not include anything below that define. That should in no case change any forward decls in
 // system headers ...
 #if (defined(__APPLE__)&&(__GNUC__<4)) || (defined(WIN32)&&!defined(__CYGWIN__)) || \
- (!defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(WIN32) && !defined(_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED))
+ (!defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(WIN32) && !defined(_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED) && !defined(__FreeBSD__))
 #define socklen_t int
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/net/sockstream.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/net/sockstream.cpp
index 5a10b4eb2..27886ced0 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/net/sockstream.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/net/sockstream.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ extern "C" {
 // Do not include anything below that define. That should in no case change any forward decls in
 // system headers ...
 #if (defined(__APPLE__)&&(__GNUC__<4)) || (defined(WIN32)&&!defined(__CYGWIN__)) || \
- (!defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(WIN32) && !defined(_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED))
+ (!defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(WIN32) && !defined(_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED) && !defined(__FreeBSD__))
 #define socklen_t int
 #endif