diff --git a/depends/builders/freebsd.mk b/depends/builders/freebsd.mk
index 465f58e04dc..18316f492ee 100644
--- a/depends/builders/freebsd.mk
+++ b/depends/builders/freebsd.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 build_freebsd_CC=clang
 build_freebsd_CXX=clang++
 
-build_freebsd_SHA256SUM = shasum -a 256
+build_freebsd_SHA256SUM = sha256sum
 build_freebsd_DOWNLOAD = curl --location --fail --connect-timeout $(DOWNLOAD_CONNECT_TIMEOUT) --retry $(DOWNLOAD_RETRIES) -o