--- gettext-tools/configure.orig	Mon Nov 27 09:34:40 2006
+++ gettext-tools/configure	Sun Dec  3 17:54:35 2006
@@ -50083,2 +50071,13 @@
 case "$host_os" in
+  freebsd*)
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_BSDXML 1
+#define HAVE_LIBEXPAT 1
+_ACEOF
+
+    LIBEXPAT="-lbsdxml"
+    LTLIBEXPAT="-lbsdxml"
+
+    ;;
   linux*)