diff --git a/src/applets/menu.c b/src/applets/menu.c
index 80b8852..fa4f05a 100644
--- a/src/applets/menu.c
+++ b/src/applets/menu.c
@@ -419,7 +419,10 @@ static void _menu_xdg_dirs(Menu * menu, void (*callback)(Menu * menu,
 	/* read through every XDG application folder */
 	if((path = getenv("XDG_DATA_DIRS")) == NULL || strlen(path) == 0)
 	{
-#if defined(__NetBSD__)
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+		/* XXX really detect if DATADIR is already included */
+		path = DATADIR ":/usr/share";
+#elif defined(__NetBSD__)
 		/* XXX include the default path for pkgsrc */
 		path = "/usr/pkg/share:" DATADIR ":/usr/share";
 #else