diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index e5308da..278ef0f 100644
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -7,3 +7,11 @@ if [ -d "$HOME/.profile.d" ]; then
         . "$pd"
     done
 fi
+
+command -v uname >/dev/null &&
+  case $(uname) in
+    FreeBSD)
+      . "$HOME/.profile.freebsd"
+      ;;
+  esac \
+;
diff --git a/.profile.freebsd b/.profile.freebsd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3ed26e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.profile.freebsd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/var/run/user/`id -u`
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 93cad4f..7f62f9e 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ifeq ($(UNAME),Darwin)
 else ifeq ($(UNAME),FreeBSD)
 	DEFAULT_TARGETS += $(HOME)/.bashrc \
 			   $(HOME)/.bashrc.freebsd \
+			   $(HOME)/.profile.freebsd \
 			   $(HOME)/.sway/config
 	PROFILE = .profile
 	INSTALL = ginstall
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ profileds: $(PROFILEDS)
 $(HOME)/.profile: $(PROFILE)
 	cp $< $@
 
+$(HOME)/.profile.freebsd: .profile.freebsd
+	cp $< $@
+
 $(HOME)/.bashrc: .bashrc
 	cp $< $@