diff --git a/dbus/wscript b/dbus/wscript
index 2c6452eb..62ef9de6 100644
--- a/dbus/wscript
+++ b/dbus/wscript
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ def build(bld):
         ]
         obj.use += ['PTHREAD', 'DL', 'RT', 'DBUS-1', 'EXPAT', 'STDC++']
     if bld.env['IS_FREEBSD']:
+        obj.source += [
+            '../linux/uptime.c',
+        ]
         obj.use += ['PTHREAD', 'EXECINFO', 'LIBSYSINFO', 'DBUS-1', 'EXPAT']
     if bld.env['IS_MACOSX']:
         obj.source += [
diff --git a/freebsd/uptime.h b/freebsd/uptime.h
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..df6d25e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freebsd/uptime.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../linux/uptime.h
\ No newline at end of file