diff --git a/databases/iowow/files/patch-src_utils_sort__r.h b/databases/iowow/files/patch-src_utils_sort__r.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3577a97bf4cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databases/iowow/files/patch-src_utils_sort__r.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- src/utils/sort_r.h.orig	2022-02-14 12:24:37 UTC
++++ src/utils/sort_r.h
+@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@
+ #define _SORT_R_INLINE inline
+ 
+ #if (  defined __APPLE__ || defined __MACH__ || defined __DARWIN__    \
+-    || defined __FreeBSD__ || defined __DragonFly__) && defined IW_HAVE_QSORT_R
++    || (defined __FreeBSD__ && !defined(qsort_r)) || defined __DragonFly__) && defined IW_HAVE_QSORT_R
+ #  define _SORT_R_BSD
+ #elif (  defined _GNU_SOURCE || defined __gnu_hurd__ || defined __GNU__    \
+-      || defined __linux__ || defined __MINGW32__ || defined __GLIBC__) && defined IW_HAVE_QSORT_R
++      || defined __linux__ || defined __MINGW32__ || defined __GLIBC__     \
++      || (defined (__FreeBSD__) && defined(qsort_r))) && defined IW_HAVE_QSORT_R
+ #  define _SORT_R_LINUX
+ #elif (defined _WIN32 || defined _WIN64 || defined __WINDOWS__)
+ #  define _SORT_R_WINDOWS
+@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ typedef int (*__compar_d_fn_t)(const void*, const void
+   #if defined _SORT_R_LINUX
+ 
+ typedef int (*__compar_d_fn_t)(const void*, const void*, void*);
+-extern void qsort_r(
++extern void (qsort_r)(
+   void *base, size_t nel, size_t width,
+   __compar_d_fn_t __compar, void *arg)
+ __attribute__((nonnull(1, 4)));