diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d650a5230f..aeffca3c42 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-<!-- ## Unreleased -->
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixed
+- compilation broken on freebsd ([#461](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/461))
 
 ## [0.11.0] - 2020-12-20
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8c4370a2db..b84c437718 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0.36"
 unicode-width = "0.1"
 textwrap = "0.13"
 
-[target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
+[target.'cfg(all(target_family="unix",not(target_os="macos")))'.dependencies]
 which = "4.0"
 
 # pprof is not available on windows
diff --git a/src/clipboard.rs b/src/clipboard.rs
index 8b56e3e9a9..a0492e61de 100644
--- a/src/clipboard.rs
+++ b/src/clipboard.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
-#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+#[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ fn execute_copy_command(command: Command, text: &str) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+#[cfg(all(target_family = "unix", not(target_os = "macos")))]
 fn gen_command(
     path: impl AsRef<OsStr>,
     xclip_syntax: bool,
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ fn gen_command(
     c
 }
 
-#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+#[cfg(all(target_family = "unix", not(target_os = "macos")))]
 pub fn copy_string(string: &str) -> Result<()> {
     use std::path::PathBuf;
     use which::which;