diff --git a/programs/util.c b/programs/util.c
index 862fc80080..54e9903a47 100644
--- a/programs/util.c
+++ b/programs/util.c
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ extern "C" {
 #  include <string.h>       /* strerror, memcpy */
 #endif /* #ifdef _WIN32 */
 
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+#include <sys/param.h> /* __FreeBSD_version */
+#endif /* #ifdef __FreeBSD__ */
+
 /*-****************************************
 *  Internal Macros
 ******************************************/
@@ -259,7 +263,8 @@ int UTIL_utime(const char* filename, const stat_t *statbuf)
      * that struct stat has a struct timespec st_mtim member. We need this
      * check because there are some platforms that claim to be POSIX 2008
      * compliant but which do not have st_mtim... */
-#if (PLATFORM_POSIX_VERSION >= 200809L) && defined(st_mtime)
+#if (((PLATFORM_POSIX_VERSION >= 200809L) && defined(st_mtime)) \
+    || (defined(__FreeBSD__) && __FreeBSD_version >= 1100056))
     {
         /* (atime, mtime) */
         struct timespec timebuf[2] = { {0, UTIME_NOW} };
@@ -1546,7 +1551,6 @@ int UTIL_countCores(int logical)
 
 #elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
 
-#include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
 
 /* Use physical core sysctl when available