diff --git a/src/common/swap.h b/src/common/swap.h
index d94cbe6b2..4a4012d1a 100644
--- a/src/common/swap.h
+++ b/src/common/swap.h
@@ -103,7 +103,19 @@ inline __attribute__((always_inline)) u64 swap64(u64 _data) {
     return __builtin_bswap64(_data);
 }
 #elif defined(__Bitrig__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
-// swap16, swap32, swap64 are left as is
+// redefine swap16, swap32, swap64 as inline functions
+#undef swap16
+#undef swap32
+#undef swap64
+inline u16 swap16(u16 _data) {
+    return __swap16(_data);
+}
+inline u32 swap32(u32 _data) {
+    return __swap32(_data);
+}
+inline u64 swap64(u64 _data) {
+    return __swap64(_data);
+}
 #elif defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__)
 inline u16 swap16(u16 _data) {
     return bswap16(_data);