diff --git a/src/cmd/6l/obj.c b/src/cmd/6l/obj.c
index 6ced8be7fd6..cf54b2b4f59 100644
--- a/src/cmd/6l/obj.c
+++ b/src/cmd/6l/obj.c
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		default:
 			sysfatal("cannot use -hostobj with -H %s", headstr(HEADTYPE));
 		case Hlinux:
+		case Hfreebsd:
 			break;
 		}
 	}