diff --git a/programs/util.c b/programs/util.c
index 862fc80080..d7e9db44e2 100644
--- a/programs/util.c
+++ b/programs/util.c
@@ -259,7 +259,8 @@ 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} };