diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cdparanoia/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/cdparanoia/default.nix
index e3760c9e2012..b0c143d21537 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/cdparanoia/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/cdparanoia/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   fetchpatch,
   updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook,
   autoreconfHook,
+  freebsd,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       })
     ]
     ++ [
-      # Has to come after darwin patches
+      # Has to come after darwin patches and before freebsd patches
       ./fix_private_keyword.patch
       # Order does not matter
       ./configure.patch
@@ -62,13 +63,98 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         hash = "sha256-krfprwls0L3hsNfoj2j69J5k1RTKEQtzE0fLYG9EJKo=";
       })
     ]
-    ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ./utils.patch;
+    ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ./utils.patch
+    ++ [
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/42da4cdf2d9161fea8f7cdfc19aefda7707fadf4/audio/cdparanoia/files/patch-interface_low__interface.h";
+        hash = "sha256-bXrcRFCbU7/7/N+J8VGKGSxIB1m8XwoAlc/KTnt9wN0=";
+        extraPrefix = "";
+        postFetch = ''
+          sed -E -i -e 's/\<Linux\>/__linux__/g' $out
+        '';
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/42da4cdf2d9161fea8f7cdfc19aefda7707fadf4/audio/cdparanoia/files/patch-interface_scan__devices.c";
+        hash = "sha256-UD7SXeypF3bAqT7Y24UOrGZNaD8ZmpS2V7XQU+3VKXk=";
+        extraPrefix = "";
+        postFetch = ''
+          sed -E -i -e 's/\<private\>/private_data/g' $out
+          sed -E -i -e 's/\<Linux\>/__linux__/g' $out
+        '';
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/42da4cdf2d9161fea8f7cdfc19aefda7707fadf4/audio/cdparanoia/files/patch-interface_cdda__interface.h";
+        hash = "sha256-JL4qe4LwmNp2jQFqTvyRjc6bixGqYr6BZmqsYIY9xhw=";
+        extraPrefix = "";
+        postFetch = ''
+          sed -E -i -e 's/\<Linux\>/__linux__/g' $out
+        '';
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/42da4cdf2d9161fea8f7cdfc19aefda7707fadf4/audio/cdparanoia/files/patch-interface_common__interface.c";
+        hash = "sha256-vw0oFM6w15YBaAK01FwVcSN+oztSfo5jL6OlGy0iWBg=";
+        extraPrefix = "";
+        postFetch = ''
+          sed -E -i -e 's/\<Linux\>/__linux__/g' $out
+        '';
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/42da4cdf2d9161fea8f7cdfc19aefda7707fadf4/audio/cdparanoia/files/patch-interface_cooked__interface.c";
+        hash = "sha256-g39dhxb8+K9BIb2/5cmkQ9GYjg4gDjj6sv+dXx93kQ4=";
+        extraPrefix = "";
+        postFetch = ''
+          sed -E -i -e 's/\<Linux\>/__linux__/g' $out
+        '';
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/42da4cdf2d9161fea8f7cdfc19aefda7707fadf4/audio/cdparanoia/files/patch-interface_interface.c";
+        hash = "sha256-LMWfbqLjbQM3L4H3orAxyyAHf1hVtFwfmZY8NmBLKzs=";
+        extraPrefix = "";
+        postFetch = ''
+          sed -E -i -e 's/\<private\>/private_data/g' $out
+          sed -E -i -e 's/\<Linux\>/__linux__/g' $out
+        '';
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/42da4cdf2d9161fea8f7cdfc19aefda7707fadf4/audio/cdparanoia/files/patch-interface_scsi__interface.c";
+        hash = "sha256-dx6YCWW8J0e455phaYDUMiOCvp4DsfINjSEiEfnHaNI=";
+        extraPrefix = "";
+        postFetch = ''
+          sed -E -i -e 's/\<private\>/private_data/g' $out
+          sed -E -i -e 's/\<Linux\>/__linux__/g' $out
+        '';
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/42da4cdf2d9161fea8f7cdfc19aefda7707fadf4/audio/cdparanoia/files/patch-Makefile.in";
+        hash = "sha256-Wje2d58xrSWHJNktQRHcNSbh5yh6vMtpgc/3G4D1vrI=";
+        extraPrefix = "";
+        postFetch = ''
+          sed -E -i -e 's/\<Linux\>/__linux__/g' $out
+        '';
+      })
+    ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook
     autoreconfHook
   ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isFreeBSD [
+    # cdparanoia shipped headers have #include <libcam.h>
+    # (it is part of the freebsd base system so this is reasonable
+    # but we want to keep the default freebsd libs, freebsd.libc, small)
+    freebsd.libcam
+  ];
+
+  env =
+    lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.hostPlatform.isFreeBSD {
+      NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lcam";
+    }
+    // {
+      BSD_INSTALL_PROGRAM = "install";
+      BSD_INSTALL_LIB = "install";
+    };
+
   # Build system reuses the same object file names for shared and static
   # library. Occasionally fails in the middle:
   #    gcc -O2 -fsigned-char -g -O2 -c scan_devices.c