diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 45782af9f..d8e740bdb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ clean:
 	@echo Cleaning completed
 
 
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#make install is validated only for Linux, OSX, kFreeBSD and Hurd targets
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ifneq (,$(filter $(shell uname),Linux Darwin GNU/kFreeBSD GNU))
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#make install is validated only for Linux, OSX, kFreeBSD, Hurd and some BSD targets
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifneq (,$(filter $(shell uname),Linux Darwin GNU/kFreeBSD GNU FreeBSD DragonFly))
 HOST_OS = POSIX
 install:
 	$(MAKE) -C $(ZSTDDIR) $@
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 2b5565817..1b4cb378f 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ clean:
 	@echo Cleaning library completed
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#make install is validated only for Linux, OSX, kFreeBSD and Hurd targets
-ifneq (,$(filter $(shell uname),Linux Darwin GNU/kFreeBSD GNU))
+#make install is validated only for Linux, OSX, kFreeBSD, Hurd and some BSD targets
+ifneq (,$(filter $(shell uname),Linux Darwin GNU/kFreeBSD GNU FreeBSD DragonFly))
 
 libzstd.pc:
 libzstd.pc: libzstd.pc.in
diff --git a/programs/Makefile b/programs/Makefile
index 77c62dc54..be6fbf2c2 100644
--- a/programs/Makefile
+++ b/programs/Makefile
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ clean:
 cleano32:
 	@rm -f ../lib/decompress/*.o
 
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#make install is validated only for Linux, OSX, kFreeBSD, Hurd and OpenBSD targets
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ifneq (,$(filter $(shell uname),Linux Darwin GNU/kFreeBSD GNU OpenBSD))
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#make install is validated only for Linux, OSX, kFreeBSD, Hurd and some BSD targets
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifneq (,$(filter $(shell uname),Linux Darwin GNU/kFreeBSD GNU OpenBSD FreeBSD DragonFly))
 HOST_OS = POSIX
 install: zstd
 	@echo Installing binaries