diff --git a/src/cpp/database/sqlite3.c b/src/cpp/database/sqlite3.c
index 51e54a1894..e690d33324 100644
--- a/src/cpp/database/sqlite3.c
+++ b/src/cpp/database/sqlite3.c
@@ -23260,6 +23260,11 @@ static int posixFchown(int fd, uid_t uid, gid_t gid){
 /* Forward reference */
 static int openDirectory(const char*, int*);
 
+/* Fix for FreeBSD 9 */
+#ifndef WIN32
+int fchmod(int, mode_t);
+#endif
+
 /*
 ** Many system calls are accessed through pointer-to-functions so that
 ** they may be overridden at runtime to facilitate fault injection during