diff --git a/src/common/host_memory.cpp b/src/common/host_memory.cpp
index 2a5a7596c..6661244cf 100644
--- a/src/common/host_memory.cpp
+++ b/src/common/host_memory.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #include "common/dynamic_library.h"
 
-#elif defined(__linux__) // ^^^ Windows ^^^ vvv Linux vvv
+#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) // ^^^ Windows ^^^ vvv Linux vvv
 
 #ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ private:
     std::unordered_map<size_t, size_t> placeholder_host_pointers; ///< Placeholder backing offset
 };
 
-#elif defined(__linux__) // ^^^ Windows ^^^ vvv Linux vvv
+#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) // ^^^ Windows ^^^ vvv Linux vvv
 
 class HostMemory::Impl {
 public:
@@ -357,7 +357,12 @@ public:
         });
 
         // Backing memory initialization
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) && __FreeBSD__ < 13
+        // XXX Drop after FreeBSD 12.* reaches EOL on 2024-06-30
+        fd = shm_open(SHM_ANON, O_RDWR, 0600);
+#else
         fd = memfd_create("HostMemory", 0);
+#endif
         if (fd == -1) {
             LOG_CRITICAL(HW_Memory, "memfd_create failed: {}", strerror(errno));
             throw std::bad_alloc{};