diff --git a/contrib/binutils/bfd/elf32-i386.c b/contrib/binutils/bfd/elf32-i386.c
index ee18864be07..1a3e0e6779a 100644
--- a/contrib/binutils/bfd/elf32-i386.c
+++ b/contrib/binutils/bfd/elf32-i386.c
@@ -251,7 +251,11 @@ elf_i386_is_local_label_name (abfd, name)
 /* The name of the dynamic interpreter.  This is put in the .interp
    section.  */
 
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
 #define ELF_DYNAMIC_INTERPRETER "/usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1"
+#else
+#define ELF_DYNAMIC_INTERPRETER "/usr/lib/libc.so.1"
+#endif
 
 /* The size in bytes of an entry in the procedure linkage table.  */
 
diff --git a/contrib/binutils/bfd/elf64-alpha.c b/contrib/binutils/bfd/elf64-alpha.c
index 2d4f221585d..c7963da73fe 100644
--- a/contrib/binutils/bfd/elf64-alpha.c
+++ b/contrib/binutils/bfd/elf64-alpha.c
@@ -1032,7 +1032,11 @@ elf64_alpha_info_to_howto (abfd, cache_ptr, dst)
 
 #define MAX_GOT_ENTRIES		(64*1024 / 8)
 
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
 #define ELF_DYNAMIC_INTERPRETER "/usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1"
+#else
+#define ELF_DYNAMIC_INTERPRETER "/usr/lib/ld.so"
+#endif
 
 /* Handle an Alpha specific section when reading an object file.  This
    is called when elfcode.h finds a section with an unknown type.