diff --git a/src/netapp.rs b/src/netapp.rs
index 3fa4db3..72a284e 100644
--- a/src/netapp.rs
+++ b/src/netapp.rs
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ impl NetApp {
 			.set_reuseport(true)
 			.expect("Unable to set SO_REUSEPORT on socket");
 
+		#[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
+		listen_addr_socket
+			.set_reuseport_lb(true)
+			.expect("Unable to set SO_REUSEPORT_LB on socket");
+
 		listen_addr_socket
 			.bind(listen_addr)
 			.expect("Unable to bind on listen_addr socket");