diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 3ce9657c1..49699b744 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <math.h>
+// If <iostream> is included, put it after <stdio.h>, because it includes
+// <stdio.h>, and therefore would ignore the _WITH_GETLINE.
+#ifdef FREEBSD
+#define _WITH_GETLINE
+#endif
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>