diff --git a/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md b/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md
index 89da42665..5990fb04d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ Lix can be built for various platforms, as specified in [`flake.nix`]:
 
 - `x86_64-linux`
 - `x86_64-darwin`
+- `x86_64-freebsd`
 - `i686-linux`
 - `aarch64-linux`
 - `aarch64-darwin`
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index f7f4f4ef0..2ae547e31 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@
         "armv7l-linux"
         "riscv64-linux"
         "aarch64-linux"
-        # FIXME: still broken in 24.05: fails to build rustc(??) due to missing -lstdc++ dep
-        # "x86_64-freebsd"
+        "x86_64-freebsd"
         # FIXME: broken dev shell due to python
         # "x86_64-netbsd"
       ];