diff --git a/Source/kwsys/ProcessUNIX.c b/Source/kwsys/ProcessUNIX.c
index 373e9067d..57f7b16ec 100644
--- a/Source/kwsys/ProcessUNIX.c
+++ b/Source/kwsys/ProcessUNIX.c
@@ -2373,7 +2373,8 @@ static pid_t kwsysProcessFork(kwsysProcess* cp,
    Here we define the command to call on each platform and the
    corresponding parsing format string.  The parsing format should
    have two integers to store: the pid and then the ppid.  */
-#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) \
+   || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)
 # define KWSYSPE_PS_COMMAND "ps axo pid,ppid"
 # define KWSYSPE_PS_FORMAT  "%d %d\n"
 #elif defined(__hpux) || defined(__sun__) || defined(__sgi) || defined(_AIX) \