diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.0.1.7 — 5th March 2023
+
+- Don't use 'pkg-config' to locate zlib on FreeBSD (Thanks to @arrowd): <https://github.com/TeofilC/digest/pull/13>
+
 ## 0.0.1.6 — 5th March 2023
 
 - Introduce 'pkg-config' cabal flag (Thanks to @jonathanlking): <https://github.com/TeofilC/digest/pull/11>
diff --git a/digest.cabal b/digest.cabal
--- a/digest.cabal
+++ b/digest.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            digest
-version:         0.0.1.6
+version:         0.0.1.7
 copyright:       (c) 2009 Eugene Kirpichov
 license:         BSD2
 license-file:    LICENSE
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     , bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.12
   includes:        zlib.h
   ghc-options:     -Wall
-  if flag(pkg-config) && !os(windows)
+  if flag(pkg-config) && !os(windows) && !os(freebsd)
     pkgconfig-depends: zlib
   else
     build-depends: zlib