diff --git a/thirdparty/README.md b/thirdparty/README.md
index ff05f3d084f..746422cab45 100644
--- a/thirdparty/README.md
+++ b/thirdparty/README.md
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ File extracted from upstream source:
   - From `server/` exclude `access-log.c`, `cgi.c`, `daemonize.c`, `lws-spa.c`, 
 `peer-limits.c`, `rewrite.c`
 - Also copy `win32helpers/` from `win32port/`
-- `mbedtls_wrapper/include/platform/ssl_port.h` has a small change to check for OSX (missing `malloc.h`).
+- `mbedtls_wrapper/include/platform/ssl_port.h` has a small change to check for OSX and FreeBSD (missing `malloc.h`).
   The bug is fixed in upstream master via `LWS_HAVE_MALLOC_H`, but not in the 2.4.1 branch (as the file structure has changed).
 
 Important: `lws_config.h` and `lws_config_private.h` contains custom 
diff --git a/thirdparty/lws/mbedtls_wrapper/include/platform/ssl_port.h b/thirdparty/lws/mbedtls_wrapper/include/platform/ssl_port.h
index fd461e9819f..2ffd7e75442 100644
--- a/thirdparty/lws/mbedtls_wrapper/include/platform/ssl_port.h
+++ b/thirdparty/lws/mbedtls_wrapper/include/platform/ssl_port.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 */
 #include "string.h"
 
-#ifdef __APPLE__
+#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #else
 #include "malloc.h"