diff --git a/.builds/freebsd.yml b/.builds/freebsd.yml
index 9e693cbe..277dc542 100644
--- a/.builds/freebsd.yml
+++ b/.builds/freebsd.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 image: freebsd/latest
 packages:
   - basu
+  - libepoll-shim
   - meson
   - pipewire
   - pkgconf
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index eeda9d80..50d7e236 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ pipewire = dependency('libpipewire-0.3', version: '>= 0.3.2')
 wayland_client = dependency('wayland-client')
 wayland_protos = dependency('wayland-protocols', version: '>=1.14')
 
+epoll = dependency('', required: false)
+if (not cc.has_function('timerfd_create', prefix: '#include <sys/timerfd.h>') or
+    not cc.has_function('signalfd', prefix: '#include <sys/signalfd.h>'))
+	epoll = dependency('epoll-shim')
+endif
+
 if get_option('sd-bus-provider') == 'auto'
 	assert(get_option('auto_features').auto(), 'sd-bus-provider must not be set to auto since auto_features != auto')
 	sdbus = dependency('libsystemd',