diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/freebsd/prehook.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/freebsd/prehook.sh
index 1714586999e1..5dcc55fdf077 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/freebsd/prehook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/freebsd/prehook.sh
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 export NIX_ENFORCE_PURITY=
+alias make=gmake
+export MAKE=gmake
+shopt -s expand_aliases
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix b/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
index 8329ce0ebeb4..debe097cfa99 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ let {
 
   i686FreeBSDPkgs = {inherit (allPackages {system = "i686-freebsd";})
     unzip
+    aterm
     subversion
     curl
     libxml2