diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fa/fakeroot/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fa/fakeroot/package.nix
index 4148809112210..a7fbca8e33052 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fa/fakeroot/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fa/fakeroot/package.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     autoreconfHook
     po4a
   ];
-  buildInputs = lib.optional (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) libcap;
+  buildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux libcap;
 
   postUnpack = ''
     sed -i \
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/filterSource.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/filterSource.nix
index 09674056d9cd8..80dad06be8f8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/filterSource.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/filterSource.nix
@@ -21,12 +21,17 @@ in
 runCommand "${pname}-filtered-src"
   {
     nativeBuildInputs = [
-      (pkgsBuildBuild.rsync.override {
-        enableZstd = false;
-        enableXXHash = false;
-        enableOpenSSL = false;
-        enableLZ4 = false;
-      })
+      (
+        (pkgsBuildBuild.rsync.override {
+          enableZstd = false;
+          enableXXHash = false;
+          enableOpenSSL = false;
+          enableLZ4 = false;
+        }).overrideAttrs
+        {
+          doCheck = false;
+        }
+      )
     ];
   }
   ''
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/freebsd/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/freebsd/default.nix
index b52c8ea372446..7485cf1ce6eba 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/freebsd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/freebsd/default.nix
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ let
       ];
     };
     iconv = linkBootstrap { paths = [ "bin/iconv" ]; };
+    libiconv = linkBootstrap { paths = [ "include/iconv.h" ]; };
     patch = linkBootstrap { paths = [ "bin/patch" ]; };
     gnutar = linkBootstrap { paths = [ "bin/tar" ]; };
     gawk = linkBootstrap {
@@ -486,6 +487,7 @@ in
           diffutils
           findutils
           iconv
+          libiconv
           patch
           gnutar
           gawk
@@ -501,6 +503,7 @@ in
           inherit lib;
           inherit (self) stdenvNoCC;
           inherit (prevStage) curl;
+          inherit (config) rewriteURL;
         };
         gettext = super.gettext.overrideAttrs {
           NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DHAVE_ICONV=1"; # we clearly have iconv. what do you want?