diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index a570aaec72..e4aba5e925 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -107,6 +107,41 @@ to build a portable binary, add `PORTABLE=1` before your make commands, like thi
             * run `brew tap homebrew/versions; brew install gcc48 --use-llvm` to install gcc 4.8 (or higher).
     * run `brew install rocksdb`
 
+* **FreeBSD** (11.01):
+
+    * You can either install RocksDB from the Ports system using `cd /usr/ports/databases/rocksdb && make install`, or you can follow the details below to install dependencies and compile from source code:
+
+    * Install the dependencies for RocksDB:
+
+        export BATCH=YES
+        cd /usr/ports/devel/gmake && make install
+        cd /usr/ports/devel/gflags && make install
+
+        cd /usr/ports/archivers/snappy && make install
+        cd /usr/ports/archivers/bzip2 && make install
+        cd /usr/ports/archivers/liblz4 && make install
+        cd /usr/ports/archivesrs/zstd && make install
+
+        cd /usr/ports/devel/git && make install
+
+
+    * Install the dependencies for RocksJava (optional):
+
+        export BATCH=yes
+        cd /usr/ports/java/openjdk7 && make install
+
+    * Build RocksDB from source:
+        cd ~
+        git clone https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb.git
+        cd rocksdb
+        gmake static_lib
+
+    * Build RocksJava from source (optional):
+        cd rocksdb
+        export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/openjdk7
+        gmake rocksdbjava
+
+
 * **iOS**:
   * Run: `TARGET_OS=IOS make static_lib`. When building the project which uses rocksdb iOS library, make sure to define two important pre-processing macros: `ROCKSDB_LITE` and `IOS_CROSS_COMPILE`.
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1acb4dcf9a..f2ad682b4d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@ else
 endif
 endif
 ifeq ($(PLATFORM), OS_FREEBSD)
-	JAVA_INCLUDE += -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/freebsd
+	JAVA_INCLUDE = -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/freebsd
 	ROCKSDBJNILIB = librocksdbjni-freebsd$(ARCH).so
 	ROCKSDB_JAR = rocksdbjni-$(ROCKSDB_MAJOR).$(ROCKSDB_MINOR).$(ROCKSDB_PATCH)-freebsd$(ARCH).jar
 endif
@@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@ libz.a:
 		exit 1; \
 	fi
 	tar xvzf zlib-$(ZLIB_VER).tar.gz
-	cd zlib-$(ZLIB_VER) && CFLAGS='-fPIC ${EXTRA_CFLAGS}' LDFLAGS='${EXTRA_LDFLAGS}' ./configure --static && make
+	cd zlib-$(ZLIB_VER) && CFLAGS='-fPIC ${EXTRA_CFLAGS}' LDFLAGS='${EXTRA_LDFLAGS}' ./configure --static && $(MAKE)
 	cp zlib-$(ZLIB_VER)/libz.a .
 
 libbz2.a:
@@ -1612,7 +1612,7 @@ libbz2.a:
 		exit 1; \
 	fi
 	tar xvzf bzip2-$(BZIP2_VER).tar.gz
-	cd bzip2-$(BZIP2_VER) && make CFLAGS='-fPIC -O2 -g -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 ${EXTRA_CFLAGS}' AR='ar ${EXTRA_ARFLAGS}'
+	cd bzip2-$(BZIP2_VER) && $(MAKE) CFLAGS='-fPIC -O2 -g -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 ${EXTRA_CFLAGS}' AR='ar ${EXTRA_ARFLAGS}'
 	cp bzip2-$(BZIP2_VER)/libbz2.a .
 
 libsnappy.a:
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ libsnappy.a:
 	fi
 	tar xvzf snappy-$(SNAPPY_VER).tar.gz
 	cd snappy-$(SNAPPY_VER) && CFLAGS='${EXTRA_CFLAGS}' CXXFLAGS='${EXTRA_CXXFLAGS}' LDFLAGS='${EXTRA_LDFLAGS}' ./configure --with-pic --enable-static --disable-shared
-	cd snappy-$(SNAPPY_VER) && make ${SNAPPY_MAKE_TARGET}
+	cd snappy-$(SNAPPY_VER) && $(MAKE) ${SNAPPY_MAKE_TARGET}
 	cp snappy-$(SNAPPY_VER)/.libs/libsnappy.a .
 
 liblz4.a:
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ liblz4.a:
 		exit 1; \
 	fi
 	tar xvzf lz4-$(LZ4_VER).tar.gz
-	cd lz4-$(LZ4_VER)/lib && make CFLAGS='-fPIC -O2 ${EXTRA_CFLAGS}' all
+	cd lz4-$(LZ4_VER)/lib && $(MAKE) CFLAGS='-fPIC -O2 ${EXTRA_CFLAGS}' all
 	cp lz4-$(LZ4_VER)/lib/liblz4.a .
 
 libzstd.a:
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ libzstd.a:
 		exit 1; \
 	fi
 	tar xvzf zstd-$(ZSTD_VER).tar.gz
-	cd zstd-$(ZSTD_VER)/lib && DESTDIR=. PREFIX= make CFLAGS='-fPIC -O2 ${EXTRA_CFLAGS}' install
+	cd zstd-$(ZSTD_VER)/lib && DESTDIR=. PREFIX= $(MAKE) CFLAGS='-fPIC -O2 ${EXTRA_CFLAGS}' install
 	cp zstd-$(ZSTD_VER)/lib/libzstd.a .
 
 # A version of each $(LIBOBJECTS) compiled with -fPIC and a fixed set of static compression libraries
diff --git a/build_tools/build_detect_platform b/build_tools/build_detect_platform
index 02dc496327..65550ff303 100755
--- a/build_tools/build_detect_platform
+++ b/build_tools/build_detect_platform
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ case "$TARGET_OS" in
         ;;
     FreeBSD)
         PLATFORM=OS_FREEBSD
+        CXX=clang++
         COMMON_FLAGS="$COMMON_FLAGS -fno-builtin-memcmp -D_REENTRANT -DOS_FREEBSD"
         PLATFORM_LDFLAGS="$PLATFORM_LDFLAGS -lpthread"
         # PORT_FILES=port/freebsd/freebsd_specific.cc
diff --git a/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/util/Environment.java b/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/util/Environment.java
index f84e14bc19..36a4b4a207 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/util/Environment.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/util/Environment.java
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ public class Environment {
     return (OS.contains("win"));
   }
 
+  public static boolean isFreeBSD() {
+    return (OS.contains("freebsd"));
+  }
+
   public static boolean isMac() {
     return (OS.contains("mac"));
   }
@@ -54,6 +58,8 @@ public class Environment {
       }
     } else if (isMac()) {
       return String.format("%sjni-osx", name);
+    } else if (isFreeBSD()) {
+      return String.format("%sjni-freebsd%s", name, is64Bit() ? "64" : "32");
     } else if (isAix() && is64Bit()) {
       return String.format("%sjni-aix64", name);
     } else if (isSolaris()) {
@@ -71,7 +77,7 @@ public class Environment {
   }
 
   private static String appendLibOsSuffix(final String libraryFileName, final boolean shared) {
-    if (isUnix() || isAix() || isSolaris()) {
+    if (isUnix() || isAix() || isSolaris() || isFreeBSD()) {
       return libraryFileName + ".so";
     } else if (isMac()) {
       return libraryFileName + (shared ? ".dylib" : ".jnilib");
diff --git a/port/stack_trace.cc b/port/stack_trace.cc
index baaf140142..2ed0016dbe 100644
--- a/port/stack_trace.cc
+++ b/port/stack_trace.cc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace port {
 
 namespace {
 
-#ifdef OS_LINUX
+#if defined(OS_LINUX) || defined(OS_FREEBSD)
 const char* GetExecutableName() {
   static char name[1024];