diff --git a/net-p2p/gnunet/Makefile b/net-p2p/gnunet/Makefile
index 50b9d70b7d3c..aee271e4031c 100644
--- a/net-p2p/gnunet/Makefile
+++ b/net-p2p/gnunet/Makefile
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ MAN5=		gnunet.conf.5
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
-.if ${OSVERSION} >= 700000
-BROKEN=		"Does not compile on FreeBSD >= 7.0"
-.endif
-
 pre-everything::
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "You can build GNUnet with the following options:"
diff --git a/net-p2p/gnunet/files/patch-src_include_platform.h b/net-p2p/gnunet/files/patch-src_include_platform.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5896b4a92d15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-p2p/gnunet/files/patch-src_include_platform.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- src/include/platform.h.orig	Sat Nov  5 20:32:56 2005
++++ src/include/platform.h	Sat Nov  5 20:33:19 2005
+@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
+  #include <Winsock2.h>
+ #else
+ #ifndef MINGW
++ #include <sys/types.h>
+  #include <netdb.h>
+  #include <sys/socket.h>
+  #include <netinet/in.h>
diff --git a/net/gnunet/Makefile b/net/gnunet/Makefile
index 50b9d70b7d3c..aee271e4031c 100644
--- a/net/gnunet/Makefile
+++ b/net/gnunet/Makefile
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ MAN5=		gnunet.conf.5
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
-.if ${OSVERSION} >= 700000
-BROKEN=		"Does not compile on FreeBSD >= 7.0"
-.endif
-
 pre-everything::
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "You can build GNUnet with the following options:"
diff --git a/net/gnunet/files/patch-src_include_platform.h b/net/gnunet/files/patch-src_include_platform.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5896b4a92d15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/gnunet/files/patch-src_include_platform.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- src/include/platform.h.orig	Sat Nov  5 20:32:56 2005
++++ src/include/platform.h	Sat Nov  5 20:33:19 2005
+@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
+  #include <Winsock2.h>
+ #else
+ #ifndef MINGW
++ #include <sys/types.h>
+  #include <netdb.h>
+  #include <sys/socket.h>
+  #include <netinet/in.h>