diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 25ea460..6099d2c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ else()
   option(MW_USE_FREETYPE2 "Use FreeType 2" ON)
 endif()
 
-if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL Linux)
+if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL Linux OR ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL FreeBSD)
   option(MW_USE_WAYLAND "Enable Wayland backend" ON)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d091522..fcc7014 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -84,12 +84,15 @@ sub def_platform {
 	    param_set("freetype2",        0);
 	    param_set("stb-truetype",     1);
 	}
-	if($target eq "Linux") {
+	if($target eq "Linux" || $target eq "FreeBSD") {
         param_set("x11", 1);
         if(!param_get("tiny")){
             param_set("wayland", 1);
         }
     }
+    if($target eq "NetBSD" || $target eq "OpenBSD") {
+        param_set("x11", 1);
+    }
 }
 
 foreach my $l (@ARGV) {
diff --git a/pl/ostype/FreeBSD.pl b/pl/ostype/FreeBSD.pl
index 5fb0cda..7b4c638 100644
--- a/pl/ostype/FreeBSD.pl
+++ b/pl/ostype/FreeBSD.pl
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 add_incdir2("-I/usr/local/include");
 add_libdir(
     "-L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-R/usr/local/lib");
-use_backend("x11");
+
+if (param_get("wayland") && not(param_get("tiny"))) {
+    push(@enabled_backends, "wayland");
+}
+if (param_get("x11")) {
+    push(@enabled_backends, "x11");
+}
+
 add_libs("-lpthread");
 
 add_cflags("-DUSE_DBUS");