diff --git a/contrib/pkgconf/libpkgconf/personality.c b/contrib/pkgconf/libpkgconf/personality.c
--- a/contrib/pkgconf/libpkgconf/personality.c
+++ b/contrib/pkgconf/libpkgconf/personality.c
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 #include <libpkgconf/stdinc.h>
 #include <libpkgconf/libpkgconf.h>
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+# include <sys/sysctl.h>
+# include <err.h>
+#endif
+
 /*
  * !doc
  *
@@ -77,6 +82,45 @@
 		free(paths);
 		paths = NULL;
 	}
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
+	pkgconf_buffer_t path1 = PKGCONF_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
+	pkgconf_buffer_t path2 = PKGCONF_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
+	char const * localbase;
+	char *str = NULL;
+	size_t len;
+
+	localbase = getenv("LOCALBASE");
+
+	if (localbase == NULL) {
+		if ((str = malloc((len = PATH_MAX) + 1)) == NULL)
+			err(1, NULL);
+		while (sysctlbyname("user.localbase", str, &len, NULL, 0) < 0) {
+			if (errno != ENOMEM)
+				err(1, "sysctl(user.localbase)");
+			if ((str = realloc(str, len + 1)) == NULL)
+				err(1, NULL);
+		}
+		str[len] = '\0';
+		localbase = str;
+	}
+
+	if (localbase == NULL) {
+		localbase = LOCALBASE;
+	}
+
+	if (!pkgconf_buffer_append(&path1, localbase) ||
+			!pkgconf_buffer_append(&path1, "/libdata/pkgconfig"))
+		err(1, NULL);
+	pkgconf_path_add(pkgconf_buffer_str(&path1), dirlist, false);
+
+	pkgconf_path_add("/usr/libdata/pkgconfig", dirlist, false);
+
+	if (!pkgconf_buffer_append(&path2, localbase) ||
+			!pkgconf_buffer_append(&path2, "/share/pkgconfig"))
+		err(1, NULL);
+	pkgconf_path_add(pkgconf_buffer_str(&path2), dirlist, false);
+
+	free(str);
 #else
 	pkgconf_path_split(PKG_DEFAULT_PATH, dirlist, false);
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/libpkgconf/Makefile b/lib/libpkgconf/Makefile
--- a/lib/libpkgconf/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libpkgconf/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 WARNS?=		3
 
 CFLAGS+=	-DPERSONALITY_PATH=\"/usr/share/pkgconfig/personality.d:/etc/pkgconfig/personality.d:${LOCALBASE:U/usr/local}/etc/pkgconfig/personality.d\"
-CFLAGS+=	-DPKG_DEFAULT_PATH=\"${LOCALBASE:U/usr/local}/libdata/pkgconfig:/usr/libdata/pkgconfig:${LOCALBASE:U/usr/local}/share/pkgconfig\"
+CFLAGS+=	-DLOCALBASE=\"${LOCALBASE:U/usr/local}\"
 CFLAGS+=	-DSYSTEM_INCLUDEDIR=\"/usr/include\"
 CFLAGS+=	-DSYSTEM_LIBDIR=\"/usr/lib\"
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCTOP}/lib/libpkgconf -I${PKGCONFDIR}