diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index a12fba7d..71e1f454 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ jc changelog
 20211019 v1.17.1  *** in progress ***
 - Fix file parser for gzip files
 - Fix uname parser for cases where the 'processor' and/or 'machine' fields are missing on linux
+- Fix uname parser on FreeBSD
 - Add lsusb parser tested on linux
 
 20210923 v1.17.0
diff --git a/jc/parsers/uname.py b/jc/parsers/uname.py
index e8c0b592..c4a9ef53 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/uname.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/uname.py
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ def parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False):
 
     if jc.utils.has_data(data):
 
-        # check for OSX output
-        if data.startswith('Darwin'):
+        # check for macOS or FreeBSD output
+        if data.startswith('Darwin') or data.startswith('FreeBSD'):
             parsed_line = data.split()
 
             if len(parsed_line) < 5: