diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cc33bf5bec..8f60c39b8e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ elseif("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
     set(FreeBSD TRUE CACHE BOOL "..." FORCE)
 elseif("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "OpenBSD")
     set(OpenBSD TRUE CACHE BOOL "..." FORCE)
+elseif("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "MidnightBSD")
+    set(FreeBSD TRUE CACHE BOOL "..." FORCE)
+    set(MidnightBSD TRUE CACHE BOOL "..." FORCE)
 elseif("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "NetBSD")
     set(NetBSD TRUE CACHE BOOL "..." FORCE)
 elseif("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "DragonFly")
diff --git a/src/detection/version/version.c b/src/detection/version/version.c
index 8b230eecbf..1f1deb3485 100644
--- a/src/detection/version/version.c
+++ b/src/detection/version/version.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
     #define FF_SYSNAME "Linux"
 #elif defined(__DragonFly__) // We define `__FreeBSD__` on DragonFly BSD for simplification
     #define FF_SYSNAME "DragonFly"
+#elif defined(__MidnightBSD__)
+    #define FF_SYSNAME "MidnightBSD"
 #elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
     #define FF_SYSNAME "FreeBSD"
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)