diff --git a/src/unix/freebsd.c b/src/unix/freebsd.c
index fe795a0e..1013fe4d 100644
--- a/src/unix/freebsd.c
+++ b/src/unix/freebsd.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ int uv_cpu_info(uv_cpu_info_t** cpu_infos, int* count) {
 
 
 int uv__sendmmsg(int fd, struct uv__mmsghdr* mmsg, unsigned int vlen) {
-#if __FreeBSD__ >= 11
+#if __FreeBSD__ >= 11 && !defined(__DragonFly__)
   return sendmmsg(fd, mmsg, vlen, /* flags */ 0);
 #else
   return errno = ENOSYS, -1;
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ int uv__sendmmsg(int fd, struct uv__mmsghdr* mmsg, unsigned int vlen) {
 
 
 int uv__recvmmsg(int fd, struct uv__mmsghdr* mmsg, unsigned int vlen) {
-#if __FreeBSD__ >= 11
+#if __FreeBSD__ >= 11 && !defined(__DragonFly__)
   return recvmmsg(fd, mmsg, vlen, 0 /* flags */, NULL /* timeout */);
 #else
   return errno = ENOSYS, -1;
diff --git a/src/unix/internal.h b/src/unix/internal.h
index 5593e494..c2c42560 100644
--- a/src/unix/internal.h
+++ b/src/unix/internal.h
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ int uv__getsockpeername(const uv_handle_t* handle,
 
 #if defined(__linux__)            ||                                      \
     defined(__FreeBSD__)          ||                                      \
-    defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)
+    defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)   ||                                       \
+    defined(__DragonFly__)
 #define HAVE_MMSG 1
 struct uv__mmsghdr {
   struct msghdr msg_hdr;