diff --git a/setupext.py b/setupext.py
index c6c2fa7d0d9f..2ac8cb771a8a 100644
--- a/setupext.py
+++ b/setupext.py
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@
     'freebsd4' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'],
     'freebsd5' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'],
     'freebsd6' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'],
-    'sunos5' : [os.getenv('MPLIB_BASE') or '/usr/local',],
+    'freebsd7' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'],
+    'freebsd8' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'],
+    'freebsd9' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'],
+    'freebsd10' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'],
+    'sunos5' : [os.getenv('MPLIB_BASE', '/usr/local')],
     'gnukfreebsd5' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'],
     'gnukfreebsd6' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'],
     'gnukfreebsd7' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'],