diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/lesspipe/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/lesspipe/default.nix
index b29026eb9724..b2c310bc5f40 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/lesspipe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/lesspipe/default.nix
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
           "mdcat" "pandoc" "docx2txt" "libreoffice" "pptx2md" "mdcat" "xlscat" "odt2txt" "wvText" "antiword" "catdoc"
           "broken_catppt" "sxw2txt" "groff" "mandoc" "unrtf" "dvi2tty" "pod2text" "perldoc" "h5dump" "ncdump" "matdump"
           "djvutxt" "openssl" "gpg" "plistutil" "plutil" "id3v2" "csvlook" "jq" "zlib-flate" "lessfilter"
-        ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin [
-          # resholve only identifies this on darwin
-          # call site is gaurded by || so it's safe to leave dynamic
+        ] ++ lib.optional (stdenv.isDarwin || stdenv.isFreeBSD) [
+          # resholve only identifies this on darwin/bsd
+          # call site is guarded by || so it's safe to leave dynamic
           "locale"
         ];
         builtin = [ "setopt" ];