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@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ $ meson --buildtype=release . build
 $ ninja -C build
 ```
 
+On FreeBSD, `ld` does not look by default in /usr/local/lib, and you will get errors about some libraries being not found.
+To fix that, append `LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib"`:
+```bash
+$ LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib" meson --buildtype=release . build
+$ ninja -C build
+```
+
 Built binary can be found in `build/src`
 
 ### To install