diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libaom/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libaom/package.nix
index d21c177d3f28..8e6b7d0fe83c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libaom/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libaom/package.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optional enableVmaf libvmaf;
 
+  env = lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.hostPlatform.isFreeBSD {
+    # This can be removed when we switch to libcxx from llvm 20
+    # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/122361
+    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700";
+  };
+
   preConfigure = ''
     # build uses `git describe` to set the build version
     cat > $NIX_BUILD_TOP/git << "EOF"