diff --git a/src/support/lockedpool.cpp b/src/support/lockedpool.cpp
index 7fb05156e..b7b2380ca 100644
--- a/src/support/lockedpool.cpp
+++ b/src/support/lockedpool.cpp
@@ -230,8 +230,10 @@ void *PosixLockedPageAllocator::AllocateLocked(size_t len, bool *lockingSuccess)
     addr = mmap(nullptr, len, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
     if (addr) {
         *lockingSuccess = mlock(addr, len) == 0;
-#ifdef MADV_DONTDUMP
+#if defined(MADV_DONTDUMP) // Linux
         madvise(addr, len, MADV_DONTDUMP);
+#elif defined(MADV_NOCORE) // FreeBSD
+        madvise(addr, len, MADV_NOCORE);
 #endif
     }
     return addr;