diff -r c8c9971bdc53 Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py	Thu Feb 27 18:48:13 2014 -0500
+++ b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py	Fri Feb 28 20:02:17 2014 +1100
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@
         if sys.platform[:6] == "darwin":
             # MacOSX's linker doesn't understand the -R flag at all
             return "-L" + dir
+        elif sys.platform[:7] == "freebsd":
+            return "-Wl,-rpath=" + dir
         elif sys.platform[:5] == "hp-ux":
             if self._is_gcc(compiler):
                 return ["-Wl,+s", "-L" + dir]