diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fe0fb5249..f995e5e6d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 cmake (2.8.1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
+  * Add kFreeBSD_fixes.diff patch to fix FTBFS on kfreebsd-* (failure of the
+    CTestTestTimeout test).
 
  -- Modestas Vainius <modax@debian.org>  Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:42:20 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/kFreeBSD_fixes.diff b/debian/patches/kFreeBSD_fixes.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b4d78e89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/kFreeBSD_fixes.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Author: Modestas Vainius <modax@debian.org>
+Description: fixes for Debian GNU/kFreeBSD
+ kFreeBSD has the same userland as Linux. This change is necessary to enable
+ kwsysProcessKill() to kill child processes on kFreeBSD. The bug was detected
+ by CTestTestTimeout test.
+ .
+ https://buildd.debian.org/fetch.cgi?pkg=cmake;ver=2.8.1-1;arch=kfreebsd-amd64;stamp=1268849159
+Origin: vendor
+Forwarded: yes
+
+--- a/Source/kwsys/ProcessUNIX.c
++++ b/Source/kwsys/ProcessUNIX.c
+@@ -2373,7 +2373,8 @@
+    Here we define the command to call on each platform and the
+    corresponding parsing format string.  The parsing format should
+    have two integers to store: the pid and then the ppid.  */
+-#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
++#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) \
++   || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)
+ # define KWSYSPE_PS_COMMAND "ps axo pid,ppid"
+ # define KWSYSPE_PS_FORMAT  "%d %d\n"
+ #elif defined(__hpux) || defined(__sun__) || defined(__sgi) || defined(_AIX) \
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 72d0860fb..45fc6f45b 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 hurd_platform.diff
+kFreeBSD_fixes.diff