diff --git a/telldus-core/CMakeLists.txt b/telldus-core/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f6ae5a1..38eac5bc 100644
--- a/telldus-core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/telldus-core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,8 +42,18 @@ ENDIF (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "FreeBSD")
 SET(BUILD_TDTOOL	TRUE				CACHE BOOL "Build tdtool")
 SET(BUILD_TDADMIN	${TDADMIN_DEFAULT}	CACHE BOOL "Build tdadmin")
 
+SET(GENERATE_DOXYGEN	FALSE	CACHE	BOOL "Enable generation of doxygen")
 SET(GENERATE_MAN	FALSE	CACHE	BOOL "Enable generation of man-files")
 
+
+IF (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "FreeBSD")
+	SET(MAN_DIR_DEFAULT "man")
+ELSE()
+	SET(MAN_DIR_DEFAULT "share/man")
+ENDIF()
+SET(MAN_DIR ${MAN_DIR_DEFAULT} CACHE PATH "The directory where man pages are located (related to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})")
+
+
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(common)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(service)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(client)
@@ -61,20 +71,23 @@ ENDIF(BUILD_TDADMIN)
 ENABLE_TESTING()
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(tests)
 
-FIND_PACKAGE(Doxygen)
-
-IF(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
-	SET(DOXY_CONFIG ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile)
-
-	CONFIGURE_FILE(
-		"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Doxyfile.in"
-		${DOXY_CONFIG} @ONLY
-	)
-
-	ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(docs
-		${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${DOXY_CONFIG}
-		DEPENDS ${DOXY_CONFIG}
-		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-		COMMENT "Generating doxygen documentation" VERBATIM
-	)
-ENDIF()
+IF (GENERATE_DOXYGEN)
+	FIND_PACKAGE(Doxygen)
+	IF(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+		SET(DOXY_CONFIG ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile)
+
+		CONFIGURE_FILE(
+			"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Doxyfile.in"
+			${DOXY_CONFIG} @ONLY
+		)
+
+		ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(docs
+			${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${DOXY_CONFIG}
+			DEPENDS ${DOXY_CONFIG}
+			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+			COMMENT "Generating doxygen documentation" VERBATIM
+		)
+	ELSE()
+		MESSAGE("Warn: doxygen not found, wont build")
+	ENDIF()
+ENDIF(GENERATE_DOXYGEN)
diff --git a/telldus-core/common/CMakeLists.txt b/telldus-core/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 13aafa87..1b931f5d 100644
--- a/telldus-core/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/telldus-core/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,16 +54,33 @@ ELSEIF (WIN32)
 	)
 ELSEIF (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "FreeBSD")
 	#### FreeBSD ####
-	FIND_LIBRARY(ICONV_LIBRARY iconv)
+	string(REGEX MATCH "(([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+))-([A-Z0-9])+" FREEBSD "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION}")
+	set( FREEBSD_RELEASE "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}" )
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS( -D_FREEBSD )
 	LIST(APPEND  telldus-common_SRCS
 		Event_unix.cpp
 		EventHandler_unix.cpp
 		Socket_unix.cpp
 	)
-	LIST(APPEND telldus-common_LIBRARIES
-		${ICONV_LIBRARY}
-	)
+
+	# FreeBSD 10 has iconv built in to libc
+	# However, if user has libiconv package installed, clang will find that header first,
+	# and we'd get a link error. This fix will at least let it build; we cannot
+	# force the user to NOT have libiconv installed.
+	#
+	# "proper" fix would be to force clang/gcc to use system header. How?
+	IF( (FREEBSD_RELEASE LESS 10) OR (EXISTS "/usr/local/include/iconv.h"))
+		IF(NOT (FREEBSD_RELEASE LESS 10))
+			# Note that building the freebsd port with this may or may not fail,
+			# as the port does not define a dependency on libiconv package.
+			# When building with poudriere, this is not an issue since it will not be installed.
+			MESSAGE(WARNING "building with libiconv from package instead of base")
+		ENDIF()
+		FIND_LIBRARY(ICONV_LIBRARY iconv)
+		LIST(APPEND telldus-common_LIBRARIES
+			${ICONV_LIBRARY}
+		)
+	ENDIF ()
 ELSE (APPLE)
 	#### Linux ####
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS( -D_LINUX )
diff --git a/telldus-core/common/Socket_unix.cpp b/telldus-core/common/Socket_unix.cpp
index 79dc086f..42842dcd 100644
--- a/telldus-core/common/Socket_unix.cpp
+++ b/telldus-core/common/Socket_unix.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "common/Strings.h"
 
 #define BUFSIZE 512
-#if defined(_MACOSX) && !defined(SOCK_CLOEXEC)
+#if (defined(_MACOSX) || defined (__FreeBSD__)) && !defined(SOCK_CLOEXEC)
 	#define SOCK_CLOEXEC 0
 #endif
 
diff --git a/telldus-core/common/Strings.cpp b/telldus-core/common/Strings.cpp
index dc15f81f..e583f46f 100644
--- a/telldus-core/common/Strings.cpp
+++ b/telldus-core/common/Strings.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 
-#ifdef _MACOSX
+#if defined(_MACOSX) || defined(_FREEBSD)
 #define WCHAR_T_ENCODING "UCS-4-INTERNAL"
 #else
 #define WCHAR_T_ENCODING "WCHAR_T"
diff --git a/telldus-core/common/Thread.h b/telldus-core/common/Thread.h
index c5724eb8..b0306cad 100644
--- a/telldus-core/common/Thread.h
+++ b/telldus-core/common/Thread.h
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 #ifndef TELLDUS_CORE_COMMON_THREAD_H_
 #define TELLDUS_CORE_COMMON_THREAD_H_
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+#include <pthread.h>
+#endif
 #include <string>
 #include "common/Mutex.h"
 
diff --git a/telldus-core/service/CMakeLists.txt b/telldus-core/service/CMakeLists.txt
index 595d551c..b2c8999f 100644
--- a/telldus-core/service/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/telldus-core/service/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ IF (UNIX)
 			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
 			COMMENT "Generating man file telldusd.1"
 		)
-		INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/telldusd.1 DESTINATION share/man/man1)
+		INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/telldusd.1 DESTINATION ${MAN_DIR}/man1)
 	ENDIF (GENERATE_MAN)
 ENDIF (UNIX)
 
diff --git a/telldus-core/service/ConnectionListener_unix.cpp b/telldus-core/service/ConnectionListener_unix.cpp
index d3b238f9..33a6b00f 100644
--- a/telldus-core/service/ConnectionListener_unix.cpp
+++ b/telldus-core/service/ConnectionListener_unix.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "service/ConnectionListener.h"
 #include "common/Socket.h"
 
-#if defined(_MACOSX) && !defined(SOCK_CLOEXEC)
+#if (defined(_MACOSX) || defined (__FreeBSD__)) && !defined(SOCK_CLOEXEC)
 #define SOCK_CLOEXEC 0
 #endif
 
diff --git a/telldus-core/service/EventUpdateManager.cpp b/telldus-core/service/EventUpdateManager.cpp
index a76d5ca1..3299baee 100644
--- a/telldus-core/service/EventUpdateManager.cpp
+++ b/telldus-core/service/EventUpdateManager.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
 #include "service/ConnectionListener.h"
 #include "service/Log.h"
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+extern char **environ;
+#endif
+
 typedef std::list<TelldusCore::Socket *> SocketList;
 typedef std::list<std::string> StringList;
 
diff --git a/telldus-core/service/Sensor.h b/telldus-core/service/Sensor.h
index 0ebd6332..2070a3c4 100644
--- a/telldus-core/service/Sensor.h
+++ b/telldus-core/service/Sensor.h
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 #ifndef TELLDUS_CORE_SERVICE_SENSOR_H_
 #define TELLDUS_CORE_SERVICE_SENSOR_H_
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+#include <ctime>
+#endif
 #include <string>
 #include "common/Mutex.h"
 
diff --git a/telldus-core/service/SettingsConfuse.cpp b/telldus-core/service/SettingsConfuse.cpp
index 05030417..911d6880 100644
--- a/telldus-core/service/SettingsConfuse.cpp
+++ b/telldus-core/service/SettingsConfuse.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 class Settings::PrivateData {
 public:
+	PrivateData()
+		: cfg(NULL), var_cfg(NULL) {}
 	cfg_t *cfg;
 	cfg_t *var_cfg;
 };
diff --git a/telldus-core/tdadmin/CMakeLists.txt b/telldus-core/tdadmin/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c72b26b..16c2bc76 100644
--- a/telldus-core/tdadmin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/telldus-core/tdadmin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ IF (UNIX)
 			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
 			COMMENT "Generating man file tdadmin.1"
 		)
-		INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tdadmin.1 DESTINATION share/man/man1)
+		INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tdadmin.1 DESTINATION ${MAN_DIR}/man1)
 	ENDIF (GENERATE_MAN)
 ENDIF (UNIX)
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS tdadmin RUNTIME DESTINATION sbin)
 
-IF (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+IF (UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "FreeBSD")
 	SET(UDEV_RULES_DIR	"/etc/udev/rules.d" CACHE PATH "The directory where udev store its rules" )
 	CONFIGURE_FILE(
 		${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/05-tellstick.rules
@@ -76,4 +76,14 @@ IF (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 	INSTALL(PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/parsed/udev.sh
 		DESTINATION share/telldus-core/helpers/
 	)
-ENDIF (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+ELSEIF (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "FreeBSD")
+	SET(UDEV_RULES_DIR	"/usr/local/etc/devd/" CACHE PATH "The directory where devd store its rules" )
+	CONFIGURE_FILE(
+		${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/freebsd-devd-tellstick.conf
+		${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/parsed/tellstick.conf
+		@ONLY
+	)
+	INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/parsed/tellstick.conf
+		DESTINATION ${UDEV_RULES_DIR}
+	)
+ENDIF ()
diff --git a/telldus-core/tdadmin/freebsd-devd-tellstick.conf b/telldus-core/tdadmin/freebsd-devd-tellstick.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd5b490c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/telldus-core/tdadmin/freebsd-devd-tellstick.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+notify 50 {
+	match "system"          "USB";
+	match "subsystem"       "DEVICE";
+	match "type"            "ATTACH";
+	match "vendor"          "0x1781";
+	match "product"         "0x0c30";
+
+	action "chgrp dialer /dev/$cdev; chmod 660 /dev/$cdev;
+		@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/sbin/tdadmin --pid $product --vid $vendor --serial $sernum controller connect";
+};
+
+notify 50 {
+	match "system"          "USB";
+	match "subsystem"       "DEVICE";
+	match "type"            "DETACH";
+	match "vendor"          "0x1781";
+	match "product"         "0x0c30";
+
+	action "@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/sbin/tdadmin --pid $product --vid $vendor --serial $sernum controller disconnect";
+};
diff --git a/telldus-core/tdtool/CMakeLists.txt b/telldus-core/tdtool/CMakeLists.txt
index c9aeb07b..f96fafc3 100644
--- a/telldus-core/tdtool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/telldus-core/tdtool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ IF (UNIX)
 			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
 			COMMENT "Generating man file tdtool.1"
 		)
-		INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tdtool.1 DESTINATION share/man/man1)
+		INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tdtool.1 DESTINATION ${MAN_DIR}/man1)
 	ENDIF (GENERATE_MAN)
 ENDIF (UNIX)