diff --git a/contrib/mariadb-connector-c-cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/mariadb-connector-c-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 4257828890f..9840009b628 100644
--- a/contrib/mariadb-connector-c-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/mariadb-connector-c-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ if(NOT MARIADB_UNIX_ADDR)
   set(MARIADB_UNIX_ADDR "/tmp/mysql.sock")
 endif()
 
-set(HAVE_ALLOCA_H 1)
+if (OS_FREEBSD)
+  set(HAVE_ALLOCA_H 0)
+else()
+  set(HAVE_ALLOCA_H 1)
+endif()
 set(HAVE_ARPA_INET_H 1)
 set(HAVE_DLFCN_H 1)
 set(HAVE_FCNTL_H 1)