2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9f00817..d956c93 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ Library
 - Issue #8374: Update the internal alias table in the :mod:`locale` module
   to cover recent locale changes and additions.
 
+Extension Modules
+-----------------
+
+- Build the ossaudio extension on GNU/kFreeBSD.
+
 
 What's New in Python 2.7 beta 1?
 ================================
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 27e5f13..08e819e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1361,8 +1361,9 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
         else:
             missing.append('linuxaudiodev')
 
-        if platform in ('linux2', 'freebsd4', 'freebsd5', 'freebsd6',
-                        'freebsd7', 'freebsd8'):
+        if (platform in ('linux2', 'freebsd4', 'freebsd5', 'freebsd6',
+                        'freebsd7', 'freebsd8')
+            or platform.startswith("gnukfreebsd")):
             exts.append( Extension('ossaudiodev', ['ossaudiodev.c']) )
         else:
             missing.append('ossaudiodev')