diff --git a/include/libipc/imp/detect_plat.h b/include/libipc/imp/detect_plat.h
index 6095cec..c8fe427 100644
--- a/include/libipc/imp/detect_plat.h
+++ b/include/libipc/imp/detect_plat.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #elif defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32__) || \
       defined(__NT__) || defined(__MSYS__)
 # define LIBIPC_OS_WIN32
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
+# define LIBIPC_OS_FREEBSD
 #elif defined(__QNX__) || defined(__QNXNTO__)
 # define LIBIPC_OS_QNX
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
diff --git a/src/libipc/platform/detail.h b/src/libipc/platform/detail.h
index 49f7609..fa34a82 100755
--- a/src/libipc/platform/detail.h
+++ b/src/libipc/platform/detail.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef LIBIPC_SRC_PLATFORM_DETAIL_H_
 #define LIBIPC_SRC_PLATFORM_DETAIL_H_
 
+#include "libipc/imp/detect_plat.h"
+
 
 #if defined(__cplusplus)
 
@@ -97,3 +99,4 @@ constexpr const T& (min)(const T& a, const T& b) {
 #endif // defined(__cplusplus)
 #endif // LIBIPC_SRC_PLATFORM_DETAIL_H_
 
+