diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf2e5f40..67124678 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Assuming an existing HomeBrew installation:
 % brew install boost cmake gcc libpcap pkg-config ragel sqlite
 ```
 
-### NetBSD
+### *BSD
 In NetBSD you will almost certainly need to have a newer compiler installed. 
 Using the example of gcc12 from pkgsrc, one will need to set three
 environment variables before starting: 
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ export CC="/usr/pkg/gcc12/bin/cc"
 export CXX="/usr/pkg/gcc12/bin/g++"
 export CXXFLAGS="-gdwarf-4"
 
+In FreeBSD similarly, using gcc12 from pkg
+export CC=/usr/local/bin/gcc
+export CXX=/usr/local/bin/g++
+export CXXFLAGS="-gdwarf-4"
+
+
 Then continue with the build as below.