diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8de87a47..e461bbd1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libgtop2 (2.40.0-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/rules: Link against libbsd on kfreebsd (Closes: #874301)
+
+ -- Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>  Tue, 18 Feb 2020 09:26:06 +0100
+
 libgtop2 (2.40.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Build-Depend on debhelper-compat 12 and drop debian/compat
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 75c8912c..65c6726c 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-z,defs -Wl,--as-needed
 
 ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS),kfreebsd)
 CPPFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags libbsd-overlay)
+LDFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --libs libbsd-overlay)
 endif
 
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