diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7bc281f5..7805a8c0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ if(CMakePythonDistributions_SUPERBUILD)
       endforeach()
 
       set(_common_args )
-      if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+      if(UNIX AND (NOT APPLE AND NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "FreeBSD"))
         # Since CMAKE_C_FLAGS and CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS arguments contain spaces, we generate an initial
         # cache file.
         file(WRITE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/initial-cache.txt"