diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0ecdfc21..31f9ad3e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Makefile
+/Makefile
 Makefile.old
 Build
 Build.bat
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index dfbe6830..27632379 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ docs/Installation.md
 inc/Module/Install.pm
 inc/Module/Install/Base.pm
 inc/Module/Install/Can.pm
+inc/Module/Install/External.pm
 inc/Module/Install/Fetch.pm
 inc/Module/Install/Makefile.pm
 inc/Module/Install/Metadata.pm
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ META.yml
 README.md
 script/zonemaster-cli
 script/zonemaster-info
+share/GNUmakefile
 share/Makefile
 share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/Zonemaster-CLI.mo
 share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/Zonemaster-CLI.mo
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 41944ad5..43971622 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -23,13 +23,28 @@ requires(
     'Zonemaster::LDNS'   => 2.0,
 );
 
+# Make all platforms include inc/Module/Install/External.pm
+requires_external_bin 'find';
+if ($^O eq "freebsd") {
+    requires_external_bin 'gmake';
+};
+
 sub MY::postamble {
-        return <<'MAKE_FRAG';
-	$(MYEXTLIB): share/Makefile
-	cd share && $(MAKE) all
-MAKE_FRAG
+    my $sharemakefile = 'share/GNUmakefile';
+    if ($^O eq "freebsd") {
+        # Make FreeBSD use gmake for share
+        return "GMAKE ?= \"gmake\"\n"
+            . "pure_all :: $sharemakefile\n"
+            . "\tcd share && \$(GMAKE) all\n";
+    } else {
+        # Here Linux and GNU Make is assumed
+        return "pure_all :: $sharemakefile\n"
+            . "\tcd share && \$(MAKE) all\n";
+    };
 };
 
+
+
 install_script 'zonemaster-cli';
 install_share;
 
diff --git a/docs/Installation.md b/docs/Installation.md
index b67e29b3..5bafb471 100644
--- a/docs/Installation.md
+++ b/docs/Installation.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ This instruction covers the following operating systems:
 2) Install dependencies available from binary packages:
 
    ```sh
-   pkg install p5-JSON-XS p5-Locale-libintl p5-MooseX-Getopt p5-Text-Reflow
+   pkg install devel/gmake p5-JSON-XS p5-Locale-libintl p5-MooseX-Getopt p5-Text-Reflow
    ```
 
 3) Install Zonemaster::CLI:
diff --git a/share/GNUmakefile b/share/GNUmakefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c600ebad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/GNUmakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# This is the main Makefile in this directory and should be kept
+# GNU Make compatible.
+
+.POSIX:
+.SUFFIXES: .po .mo
+.PHONY: all dist touch-po update-po extract-pot
+
+DISTNAME = Zonemaster-CLI
+POFILES := $(shell find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.po' -exec basename {} \;)
+MOFILES := $(POFILES:%.po=%.mo)
+POTFILE = $(DISTNAME).pot
+PMFILES := $(shell find ../lib -type f -name '*.pm' | sort)
+
+all: $(MOFILES)
+	@echo
+	@echo Remember to make sure all of the above names are in the
+	@echo MANIFEST file, or they will not be installed.
+	@echo
+
+touch-po:
+	@touch $(POTFILE) $(POFILES)
+
+update-po: extract-pot $(POFILES)
+
+extract-pot:
+	@xgettext --output $(POTFILE) --sort-by-file --add-comments --language=Perl --from-code=UTF-8 -k__ -k\$$__ -k%__ -k__x -k__n:1,2 -k__nx:1,2 -k__xn:1,2 -kN__ -kN__n:1,2 -k__p:1c,2 -k__np:1c,2,3 -kN__p:1c,2 -kN__np:1c,2,3 $(PMFILES)
+
+$(POTFILE): extract-pot
+
+%.po: $(POTFILE)
+	@msgmerge --update --backup=none --quiet --no-location $(MSGMERGE_OPTS) $@ $(POTFILE)
+
+.po.mo:
+	@msgfmt -o $@ $<
+	@mkdir -p locale/`basename $@ .mo`/LC_MESSAGES
+	@ln -vf $@ locale/`basename $@ .mo`/LC_MESSAGES/$(DISTNAME).mo
+
+show-fuzzy:
+	@for f in $(POFILES) ; do msgattrib --only-fuzzy $$f ; done
diff --git a/share/Makefile b/share/Makefile
index dbfa91ba..a883f892 100644
--- a/share/Makefile
+++ b/share/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,15 @@
-.POSIX:
-.SUFFIXES: .po .mo
-.PHONY: all dist touch-po update-po extract-pot
+# This is a wrapper for BSD Make (FreeBSD) to execute
+# GNU Make (gmake) and the primary makefile GNUmakefile.
 
-DISTNAME = Zonemaster-CLI
-POFILES != find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.po' 
-MOFILES := $(POFILES:%.po=%.mo)
-POTFILE = $(DISTNAME).pot
-PMFILES != find ../lib -type f -name '*.pm' | sort
+GNUMAKE?= gmake
+FILES != ls *
 
-all: $(MOFILES)
-	@echo
-	@echo Remember to make sure all of the above names are in the
-	@echo MANIFEST file, or they will not be installed.
-	@echo
+# File targets should be evaluated by gmake.
+.PHONY: all $(FILES)
 
-touch-po:
-	@touch $(POTFILE) $(POFILES)
+all:
+	@${GNUMAKE} $@
 
-update-po: extract-pot $(POFILES)
+.DEFAULT:
+	@${GNUMAKE} $@
 
-extract-pot:
-	@xgettext --output $(POTFILE) --sort-by-file --add-comments --language=Perl --from-code=UTF-8 -k__ -k\$$__ -k%__ -k__x -k__n:1,2 -k__nx:1,2 -k__xn:1,2 -kN__ -kN__n:1,2 -k__p:1c,2 -k__np:1c,2,3 -kN__p:1c,2 -kN__np:1c,2,3 $(PMFILES)
-
-$(POTFILE): extract-pot
-
-%.po: $(POTFILE)
-	@msgmerge --update --backup=none --quiet --no-location $(MSGMERGE_OPTS) $@ $(POTFILE)
-
-.po.mo:
-	@msgfmt -o $@ $<
-	@mkdir -p locale/`basename $@ .mo`/LC_MESSAGES
-	@ln -vf $@ locale/`basename $@ .mo`/LC_MESSAGES/$(DISTNAME).mo
-
-show-fuzzy:
-	@for f in $(POFILES) ; do msgattrib --only-fuzzy $$f ; done