diff --git a/cde/doc/C/Imakefile b/cde/doc/C/Imakefile
index 70e475c43..4595a26a3 100644
--- a/cde/doc/C/Imakefile
+++ b/cde/doc/C/Imakefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ XCOMM $XConsortium: Imakefile /main/10 1996/07/23 22:00:00 rws $
 #define PassCDebugFlags
 
 /* due to split-VOB setup, force help to come last in make Makefiles */
-#if defined(LinuxArchitecture) || defined(OpenBSDArchitecture)
+#if defined(LinuxArchitecture) || defined(OpenBSDArchitecture) || defined(FreeBSDArchitecture)
 XCOMM we cannot build guides on linux yet
 SUBDIRS = man help
 BSUBDIRS = help man 
diff --git a/cde/programs/Imakefile b/cde/programs/Imakefile
index 5dcebce89..ca66a8bc6 100644
--- a/cde/programs/Imakefile
+++ b/cde/programs/Imakefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ EXTRADIRS += util
 
 XCOMM some of these cannot be built on linux yet.
 XCOMM dtksh dtinfo
-#if defined(LinuxArchitecture) || defined(OpenBSDArchitecture)
+#if defined(LinuxArchitecture) || defined(OpenBSDArchitecture) || defined(FreeBSDArchitecture)
 DTKSHDIR = 
 DTINFODIR = 
 #else