diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
index 836b9f6034b..d71073324d1 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static void handleRunawayException(std::exception *e)
 #ifndef BITCOIN_QT_TEST
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-#if !defined(MAC_OSX) && !defined(WIN32)
+#if !defined(MAC_OSX) && !defined(WIN32) && !defined(__FreeBSD__)
 // TODO: implement qtipcserver.cpp for Mac and Windows
 
     // Do this early as we don't want to bother initializing if we are just calling IPC
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 // Place this here as guiref has to be defined if we don't want to lose URIs
                 ipcInit();
 
-#if !defined(MAC_OSX) && !defined(WIN32)
+#if !defined(MAC_OSX) && !defined(WIN32) && !defined(__FreeBSD__)
 // TODO: implement qtipcserver.cpp for Mac and Windows
 
                 // Check for URI in argv
diff --git a/src/qt/qtipcserver.cpp b/src/qt/qtipcserver.cpp
index 3c7889ca718..f1ad2b75a65 100644
--- a/src/qt/qtipcserver.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/qtipcserver.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void ipcThread(void* parg)
 
 void ipcInit()
 {
-#ifdef MAC_OSX
+#if defined(MAC_OSX) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
     // TODO: implement bitcoin: URI handling the Mac Way
     return;
 #endif