diff --git a/collector/devstat_freebsd.go b/collector/devstat_freebsd.go
index 79176026..9b4760e4 100644
--- a/collector/devstat_freebsd.go
+++ b/collector/devstat_freebsd.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
-// #cgo LDFLAGS: -ldevstat -lkvm
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -ldevstat -lkvm -lelf
 // #include "devstat_freebsd.h"
 import "C"