diff --git a/src/daemon/caps.c b/src/daemon/caps.c
index 9540f0666..669d6e283 100644
--- a/src/daemon/caps.c
+++ b/src/daemon/caps.c
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ void pa_drop_caps(void) {
     pa_assert_se(cap_clear(caps) == 0);
     pa_assert_se(cap_set_proc(caps) == 0);
     pa_assert_se(cap_free(caps) == 0);
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
+    /* FreeBSD doesn't have this functionality, even though sys/capability.h is
+     * available. See https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73967 */
 #else
 #error "Don't know how to do capabilities on your system.  Please send a patch."
 #endif /* __linux__ */