diff --git a/globus-gridftp-server-setup-chroot b/globus-gridftp-server-setup-chroot
index f95e479..c255ca4 100755
--- a/globus-gridftp-server-setup-chroot
+++ b/globus-gridftp-server-setup-chroot
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ mkdir -p -m 755 "$ROOT_DIR/dev"
devs="zero null random urandom"
case $(uname) in
- Linux|Darwin|SunOS)
+ Linux|Darwin|SunOS|GNU|GNU/kFreeBSD)
(cd /dev; tar chf - $devs) | (cd "$ROOT_DIR/dev"; tar xf -)
;;
esac