diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 8320eae..20e7293 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Changelog
 
 - Slightly faster reading of events.
 
+- Fix build on FreeBSD.
+
 
 1.8.0 (Jan 25, 2025)
 ====================
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c5ab4a0..6b721d7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import sys
 import shutil
 import textwrap
+import platform
 from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import run
 
@@ -25,7 +26,11 @@ def create_ecodes(headers=None):
             include_paths.update(c_inc_path.split(":"))
 
         include_paths.add("/usr/include")
-        files = ["linux/input.h", "linux/input-event-codes.h", "linux/uinput.h"]
+        if platform.system().lower() == "freebsd":
+            files = ["dev/evdev/input.h", "dev/evdev/input-event-codes.h", "dev/evdev/uinput.h"]
+        else:
+            files = ["linux/input.h", "linux/input-event-codes.h", "linux/uinput.h"]
+
         headers = [os.path.join(path, file) for path in include_paths for file in files]
 
     headers = [header for header in headers if os.path.isfile(header)]
diff --git a/src/evdev/genecodes_c.py b/src/evdev/genecodes_c.py
index dd3ee91..5c2d946 100644
--- a/src/evdev/genecodes_c.py
+++ b/src/evdev/genecodes_c.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-macro_regex = r"#define +((?:KEY|ABS|REL|SW|MSC|LED|BTN|REP|SND|ID|EV|BUS|SYN|FF|UI_FF|INPUT_PROP)_\w+)"
+macro_regex = r"#define\s+((?:KEY|ABS|REL|SW|MSC|LED|BTN|REP|SND|ID|EV|BUS|SYN|FF|UI_FF|INPUT_PROP)_\w+)"
 macro_regex = re.compile(macro_regex)
 
 # Uname without hostname.
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <Python.h>
 #ifdef __FreeBSD__
 #include <dev/evdev/input.h>
+#include <dev/evdev/uinput.h>
 #else
 #include <linux/input.h>
 #include <linux/uinput.h>