diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 733b0c184..e96e0a64b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ check_struct_has_member ("struct tm" tm_gmtoff time.h HAVE_TM_GMTOFF)
 check_struct_has_member ("struct stat" st_birthtime "sys/types.h;sys/stat.h" HAVE_ST_BIRTHTIME)
 
 message ("-- Looking for libuuid")
-if (DARWIN OR FREEBSD)
+if (DARWIN OR FREEBSD OR OPENBSD)
   # Apple and FreeBSD include the uuid functions in their libc, rather than libuuid
   check_function_exists (uuid_unparse_lower HAVE_UUID_UNPARSE_LOWER)
-else (DARWIN OR FREEBSD)
+else (DARWIN OR FREEBSD OR OPENBSD)
   find_path    (UUID_INCLUDE_DIR   uuid/uuid.h)
   find_library (UUID_LIBRARY NAMES uuid)
   if (UUID_INCLUDE_DIR AND UUID_LIBRARY)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ else (DARWIN OR FREEBSD)
   else (UUID_INCLUDE_DIR AND UUID_LIBRARY)
     message (FATAL_ERROR "-- libuuid not found.")
   endif (UUID_INCLUDE_DIR AND UUID_LIBRARY)
-endif (DARWIN OR FREEBSD)
+endif (DARWIN OR FREEBSD OR OPENBSD)
 
 if (HAVE_UUID_UNPARSE_LOWER)
   message ("-- Found libuuid")