diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libipt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libipt/default.nix
index ed88ed8f2828..61ec0ce67d88 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libipt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libipt/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, freebsd }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libipt";
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.isFreeBSD freebsd.libstdthreads;
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Intel Processor Trace decoder library";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mpfr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mpfr/default.nix
index dec33a63d155..2ba09fc226fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mpfr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mpfr/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , fetchurl
 , gmp
 , writeScript
+, updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook
 }:
 
 # Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "doc" "info" ];
 
   strictDeps = true;
+  # necessary to build on FreeBSD native pending inclusion of
+  # https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/commit/?id=e4786449e1c26716e3f9ea182caf472e4dbc96e0
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook ];
   # mpfr.h requires gmp.h
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ gmp ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
index 21dafb9bbce7..7f97eebce157 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
 
     # GDB upstream does not support ARM darwin
-    platforms = with platforms; linux ++ cygwin ++ ["x86_64-darwin"];
+    platforms = with platforms; linux ++ cygwin ++ freebsd ++ ["x86_64-darwin"];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pierron globin lsix ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/libstdthreads.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/libstdthreads.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2f5fd7c6afd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/libstdthreads.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{ mkDerivation }:
+mkDerivation {
+  path = "lib/libstdthreads";
+  extraPaths = [ "lib/libc/Versions.def" ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/source-highlight/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/source-highlight/default.nix
index d20b3692f31c..07ed74f91c73 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/source-highlight/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/source-highlight/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchpatch, fetchurl, boost }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchpatch, fetchurl, boost, updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "source-highlight";
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   strictDeps = true;
+  # necessary to build on FreeBSD native pending inclusion of
+  # https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/commit/?id=e4786449e1c26716e3f9ea182caf472e4dbc96e0
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook ];
   buildInputs = [ boost ];
 
   configureFlags = [