diff --git a/spectrum/src/main.cpp b/spectrum/src/main.cpp
index 75169b1a548d76cb3746196d14bc9b453d434460..82352ad4c6156940769cb2353b558d69591ec247 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/main.cpp
+++ b/spectrum/src/main.cpp
@@ -130,9 +130,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 #ifndef WIN32
+#ifndef __FreeBSD__
 	mallopt(M_CHECK_ACTION, 2);
 	mallopt(M_PERTURB, 0xb);
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifndef WIN32
 	if (signal(SIGINT, spectrum_sigint_handler) == SIG_ERR) {