--- lib/user/hostinfoPosix.c.orig	2008-03-19 08:49:50.000000000 +0100
+++ lib/user/hostinfoPosix.c	2008-03-27 17:40:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "vmware.h"
 #include "hostType.h"
 #include "hostinfo.h"
@@ -674,6 +679,15 @@
    }
 
    return out;
+#elseif (defined(__FreeBSD__)
+   uint32 out;
+   size_t outSize = sizeof out;
+
+   if (sysctlbyname("kern.smp.cpus", &out, &outSize, NULL, 0) == -1) {
+      return -1;
+   }
+
+   return out;
 #else
    static int count = 0;