diff --git a/pl/ostype/FreeBSD.pl b/pl/ostype/FreeBSD.pl
index 7b4c638..5ba602b 100644
--- a/pl/ostype/FreeBSD.pl
+++ b/pl/ostype/FreeBSD.pl
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+my @enabled_backends = ();
+
 add_incdir2("-I/usr/local/include");
 add_libdir(
     "-L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-R/usr/local/lib");
@@ -9,6 +11,8 @@ if (param_get("x11")) {
     push(@enabled_backends, "x11");
 }
 
+use_backend(@enabled_backends);
+
 add_libs("-lpthread");
 
 add_cflags("-DUSE_DBUS");