diff --git a/usr.bin/ncftp/sys.h b/usr.bin/ncftp/sys.h
index 2e7b5d2b03c4..83f3516ca718 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ncftp/sys.h
+++ b/usr.bin/ncftp/sys.h
@@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ extern int errno;
 #       include <sys/types.h>
 #       include <sys/param.h>   /* this two for BSD definition */
 				/* to avoid redefinition of it to 1 */
+#if __FreeBSD__ > 1
+#		define SYSSELECTH 1
+#endif
 #       define HERROR 1
 #	define TERMIOS 1
 #       define HAS_GETCWD 1