diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 11bb003..52df243 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ case "$1" in
   freebsd|netbsd|openbsd|dragonfly|osf1|osf3|hpux|linuxaout|kfreebsdgnu|freebsd2|solaris2|cygwin32|mingw32|darwin|gnu|nextstep2|nextstep3|sunos4|ultrix|irix|aix|haiku)
     $2="$1"
     ;;
-  freebsd8) # like i686-gentoo-freebsd8
+  freebsd*) # like i686-gentoo-freebsd8 or i686-gentoo-freebsd8.2
     $2="freebsd"
     ;;
   darwin*)