diff --git a/src/shims.h b/src/shims.h
index e14697a9f..a65052dd0 100644
--- a/src/shims.h
+++ b/src/shims.h
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@
 #define DISPATCH_WORKQ_MAX_PTHREAD_COUNT 255
 #endif
 
-#include "shims/hw_config.h"
-#include "shims/priority.h"
-
 #if HAVE_PTHREAD_NP_H
 #include <pthread_np.h>
 #endif
@@ -69,6 +66,9 @@
 #include <pthread/private.h>
 #endif
 
+#include "shims/hw_config.h"
+#include "shims/priority.h"
+
 #if !HAVE_DECL_FD_COPY
 #define FD_COPY(f, t) (void)(*(t) = *(f))
 #endif
diff --git a/src/shims/hw_config.h b/src/shims/hw_config.h
index 06b8921d9..4e6f7c3c9 100644
--- a/src/shims/hw_config.h
+++ b/src/shims/hw_config.h
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ static inline uint32_t
 _dispatch_hw_get_config(_dispatch_hw_config_t c)
 {
 	uint32_t val = 1;
-#if defined(__linux__) && HAVE_SYSCONF
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || (defined(__linux__) && HAVE_SYSCONF)
 	switch (c) {
 	case _dispatch_hw_config_logical_cpus:
 	case _dispatch_hw_config_physical_cpus:
 		return (uint32_t)sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
 	case _dispatch_hw_config_active_cpus:
 		{
-#ifdef __USE_GNU
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || __USE_GNU
 			// Prefer pthread_getaffinity_np because it considers
 			// scheduler cpu affinity.  This matters if the program
 			// is restricted to a subset of the online cpus (eg via numactl).
diff --git a/tests/dispatch_workqueue.c b/tests/dispatch_workqueue.c
index c12598b69..3f3328736 100644
--- a/tests/dispatch_workqueue.c
+++ b/tests/dispatch_workqueue.c
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 #if defined(__linux__)
 // For pthread_getaffinity_np()
 #include <pthread.h>
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
+// for pthread_getaffinity_np / cpu_set_t
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <pthread_np.h>
 #endif
 
 struct test_context {
@@ -37,11 +41,11 @@ spin(void *context)
 static uint32_t
 activecpu(void)
 {
-        uint32_t activecpu;
-#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
+        uint32_t activecpu = 0xa1a1a1;
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
         activecpu = (uint32_t)sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
 
-#if defined(__linux__) && __USE_GNU
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || (defined(__linux__) && __USE_GNU)
         cpu_set_t cpuset;
         if (pthread_getaffinity_np(pthread_self(),
                                    sizeof(cpu_set_t),