diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 5909e8c9fcf..324ef60c694 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ sections if you need to.
 
                 make help
 
+
 ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION FILES
 
 * Complex Text Layout support libraries
@@ -222,6 +223,8 @@ like 'apt-get build-dep emacs' (on older systems, replace 'emacs' with
 eg 'emacs25').  On Red Hat-based systems, the corresponding command is
 'dnf builddep emacs' (on older systems, use 'yum-builddep' instead).
 
+On FreeBSD, the command is 'pkg install -y `pkg rquery %dn emacs-devel`'.
+
 
 DETAILED BUILDING AND INSTALLATION: