--- Lib/distutils/util.py.orig	2009-03-26 01:08:25.000000000 +0000
+++ Lib/distutils/util.py	2009-03-26 00:55:08.000000000 +0000
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
         # i386, etc.
         # XXX what about Alpha, SPARC, etc?
         return  "%s-%s" % (osname, machine)
+    elif osname[:7] == "freebsd":
+        release = release.split('.')[0]
+        return "%s-%s-%s" % (osname, release, machine)
     elif osname[:5] == "sunos":
         if release[0] >= "5":           # SunOS 5 == Solaris 2
             osname = "solaris"