diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 381ea4e..414f15c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1022,6 +1022,8 @@
 - Issue #7999: os.setreuid() and os.setregid() would refuse to accept a -1
   parameter on some platforms such as OS X.
 
+- Build the ossaudio extension on GNU/kFreeBSD.
+
 Build
 -----
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ada6ca4..42ef2c0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1227,8 +1227,9 @@
         # End multiprocessing
 
         # Platform-specific libraries
-        if platform in ('linux2', 'freebsd4', 'freebsd5', 'freebsd6',
-                        'freebsd7', 'freebsd8'):
+        if (platform in ('linux2', 'freebsd4', 'freebsd5', 'freebsd6',
+                        'freebsd7', 'freebsd8')
+            or platform.startswith("gnukfreebsd")):
             exts.append( Extension('ossaudiodev', ['ossaudiodev.c']) )
         else:
             missing.append('ossaudiodev')