diff --git a/src/support/lockedpool.cpp b/src/support/lockedpool.cpp
index 9b14637b9..f17b539e0 100644
--- a/src/support/lockedpool.cpp
+++ b/src/support/lockedpool.cpp
@@ -253,8 +253,10 @@ void *PosixLockedPageAllocator::AllocateLocked(size_t len, bool *lockingSuccess)
     }
     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;