diff --git a/libnfc/buses/uart.c b/libnfc/buses/uart.c
index 2806553..3dd099a 100644
--- a/libnfc/buses/uart.c
+++ b/libnfc/buses/uart.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
 #  if defined(__APPLE__)
 const char *serial_ports_device_radix[] = { "tty.SLAB_USBtoUART", "tty.usbserial-", NULL };
-#  elif defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)
+#  elif defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)
 const char *serial_ports_device_radix[] = { "cuaU", "cuau", NULL };
 #  elif defined (__linux__)
 const char *serial_ports_device_radix[] = { "ttyUSB", "ttyS", "ttyACM", "ttyAMA", "ttyO", NULL };