diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1754521f..d33a5df9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -204,14 +204,27 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_GNOME_VFS, $compile_gnome_vfs)
 # Autodetect whether to build FUSE module or not.
 compile_fuse_module=false
 if test "$enable_fuse_module" != "no"; then
-	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FUSE_MODULE, fuse >= 2.3.0, [ compile_fuse_module=true ],
-	[
-		if test "$enable_fuse_module" = "yes"; then
-			AC_MSG_ERROR([Linux-NTFS FUSE module requires FUSE version >= 2.3.0.])
-		else
-			AC_MSG_WARN([Linux-NTFS FUSE module requires FUSE version >= 2.3.0.])
-		fi
-	])
+	case "$target_os" in
+	linux*)
+		PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FUSE_MODULE, fuse >= 2.3.0, [ compile_fuse_module=true ],
+		[
+			if test "$enable_fuse_module" = "yes"; then
+				AC_MSG_ERROR([ntfsmount requires FUSE version >= 2.3.0.])
+			else
+				AC_MSG_WARN([ntfsmount requires FUSE version >= 2.3.0.])
+			fi
+		]);;
+	freebsd*)
+		PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FUSE_MODULE, fuse >= 2.5.0, [ compile_fuse_module=true ],
+		[
+			if test "$enable_fuse_module" = "yes"; then
+				AC_MSG_ERROR([ntfsmount requires FUSE version >= 2.5.0.])
+			else
+				AC_MSG_WARN([ntfsmount requires FUSE version >= 2.5.0.])
+			fi
+		]);;
+	*) AC_MSG_ERROR([ntfsmount can be built only under Linux and FreeBSD.]);;
+	esac
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_FUSE_MODULE, $compile_fuse_module)