diff --git a/3rdparty/mshadow/mshadow/packet-inl.h b/3rdparty/mshadow/mshadow/packet-inl.h
index f5a89bfa8421..58cbc4005aaf 100644
--- a/3rdparty/mshadow/mshadow/packet-inl.h
+++ b/3rdparty/mshadow/mshadow/packet-inl.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #ifndef MSHADOW_PACKET_INL_H_
 #define MSHADOW_PACKET_INL_H_
 
-#ifdef __APPLE__
+#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #else
 #include <malloc.h>