diff --git a/examples/bdev/fio_plugin/fio_plugin.c b/examples/bdev/fio_plugin/fio_plugin.c
index c8c9b6f3e..0c40380a7 100644
--- a/examples/bdev/fio_plugin/fio_plugin.c
+++ b/examples/bdev/fio_plugin/fio_plugin.c
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
 #include "fio.h"
 #include "optgroup.h"
 
+/* FreeBSD is missing CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW,
+ * so alternative is provided. */
+#ifndef CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW /* Defined in glibc bits/time.h */
+#define CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW CLOCK_MONOTONIC
+#endif
+
 struct spdk_fio_options {
 	void *pad;
 	char *conf;
diff --git a/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/fio_plugin.c b/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/fio_plugin.c
index 5ec18ec87..ba22ef1aa 100644
--- a/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/fio_plugin.c
+++ b/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/fio_plugin.c
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@
 #include "fio.h"
 #include "optgroup.h"
 
+/* FreeBSD is missing CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW,
+ * so alternative is provided. */
+#ifndef CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW /* Defined in glibc bits/time.h */
+#define CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW CLOCK_MONOTONIC
+#endif
+
 #define NVME_IO_ALIGN		4096
 
 static bool g_spdk_env_initialized;