diff --git a/src/event/event_config.h b/src/event/event_config.h
index 4f4b6e5a3..fac801256 100644
--- a/src/event/event_config.h
+++ b/src/event/event_config.h
@@ -118,7 +118,11 @@
 
 // FreeBSD's kevent does not support those
 #	ifndef NOTE_ABSOLUTE
-#	define NOTE_ABSOLUTE 0
+#		ifdef NOTE_ABSTIME
+#			define NOTE_ABSOLUTE NOTE_ABSTIME
+#		else
+#			define NOTE_ABSOLUTE 0
+#		endif
 #	endif
 #	ifndef NOTE_EXITSTATUS
 #	define NOTE_EXITSTATUS 0
diff --git a/src/event/event_kevent.c b/src/event/event_kevent.c
index 0d8db09f1..eb80082c8 100644
--- a/src/event/event_kevent.c
+++ b/src/event/event_kevent.c
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ DISPATCH_STATIC_GLOBAL(struct dispatch_muxnote_bucket_s _dispatch_sources[DSL_HA
 #define DISPATCH_NOTE_CLOCK_WALL      NOTE_NSECONDS | NOTE_MACH_CONTINUOUS_TIME
 #define DISPATCH_NOTE_CLOCK_MONOTONIC NOTE_MACHTIME | NOTE_MACH_CONTINUOUS_TIME
 #define DISPATCH_NOTE_CLOCK_UPTIME    NOTE_MACHTIME
+#elif __FreeBSD__
+#define DISPATCH_NOTE_CLOCK_WALL      NOTE_NSECONDS
+#define DISPATCH_NOTE_CLOCK_MONOTONIC NOTE_NSECONDS
+#define DISPATCH_NOTE_CLOCK_UPTIME    NOTE_NSECONDS
 #else
 #define DISPATCH_NOTE_CLOCK_WALL      0
 #define DISPATCH_NOTE_CLOCK_MONOTONIC 0