diff --git a/config/has_fdopendir_nofollow.cpp b/config/has_fdopendir_nofollow.cpp
index 0c8c268..0fe048f 100644
--- a/config/has_fdopendir_nofollow.cpp
+++ b/config/has_fdopendir_nofollow.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ int main()
 {
     int fd = open(".", O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY | O_NOFOLLOW);
     DIR* dir = fdopendir(fd);
+    // Note: dirfd is a macro on FreeBSD 9 and older
     int internal_fd = dirfd(dir);
     return dir != 0 && internal_fd >= 0;
 }
diff --git a/doc/release_history.html b/doc/release_history.html
index c7744ec..1cb4c37 100644
--- a/doc/release_history.html
+++ b/doc/release_history.html
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
   <li>On Windows, <code>canonical</code> is now based on the <code>GetFinalPathNameByHandleW</code> WinAPI function. As a side effect, drive letters are converted to upper case, which makes the resulting paths more interoperable. (<a href="https://github.com/boostorg/filesystem/issues/325">#325</a>)</li>
   <li><b>v4:</b> <code>canonical</code> no longer produces a trailing directory separator in the resulting path, if the input path has one.</li>
   <li>If a <code>path</code> constructor or member function is called with an argument of a user-defined type that is convertible to <code>path</code> and one or more <a href="reference.html#Source"><code>Source</code></a> types, the conversion to <code>path</code> is now chosen by default. This may resolve argument conversion ambiguities in some cases, but may also result in a less optimal conversion path. If a different conversion path is desired, users are recommended to use explicit type casts. (<a href="https://github.com/boostorg/filesystem/issues/326">#326</a>)</li>
+  <li>Added a workaround for <code>dirfd</code> being a macro on FreeBSD 9 and older. (<a href="https://github.com/boostorg/filesystem/issues/328">#328</a>)</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h2>1.86.0</h2>
diff --git a/src/directory.cpp b/src/directory.cpp
index bc5f62d..5cea59e 100644
--- a/src/directory.cpp
+++ b/src/directory.cpp
@@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ inline system::error_code dir_itr_close(dir_itr_imp& imp) noexcept
 // Obtains a file descriptor from the directory iterator
 inline int dir_itr_fd(dir_itr_imp const& imp, system::error_code& ec)
 {
-    int fd = ::dirfd(static_cast< DIR* >(imp.handle));
+    // Note: dirfd is a macro on FreeBSD 9 and older
+    const int fd = dirfd(static_cast< DIR* >(imp.handle));
     if (BOOST_UNLIKELY(fd < 0))
     {
         int err = errno;