diff --git a/source/game/global/config.cpp b/source/game/global/config.cpp
index fecaa9e71..5b3cd7624 100644
--- a/source/game/global/config.cpp
+++ b/source/game/global/config.cpp
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ namespace Game {
 #endif
 
 
-#if defined(DATADIR) && defined(BINDIR)
+#if defined(DATADIR) && defined(BINDIR) && defined(__unix__)
         if ((foundPath == false)) {
 			currentpath = getDatPath();
 			foundPath = tryCustomPath(cfgType, fileName, currentpath);
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/util/properties.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/util/properties.cpp
index b3c17975a..952d8baf8 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/util/properties.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/util/properties.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace Shared {
 	namespace Util {
 
 		string Properties::applicationPath = "";
-#if defined(DATADIR) && defined(BINDIR)
+#if defined(DATADIR) && defined(BINDIR) && defined(__unix__)
         string Properties::applicationDataPath = getDatPath();
 #else
         string Properties::applicationDataPath = "";
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/util/util.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/util/util.cpp
index 687337da4..5c7f83515 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/util/util.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/util/util.cpp
@@ -876,10 +876,15 @@ namespace Shared {
 			}
 		}
 
-#ifdef __linux__
+#ifdef __unix__
         std::string getExecPath() {
             char buff[PATH_MAX];
+#ifdef __linux__
             ssize_t len = ::readlink("/proc/self/exe", buff, sizeof(buff)-1);
+#else
+            // e.g. for FreeBSD with procfs installed.
+            ssize_t len = ::readlink("/proc/curproc/file", buff, sizeof(buff)-1);
+#endif // __linux__
             if (len != -1) {
                   buff[len] = '\0';
                   return std::string(buff);
@@ -901,17 +906,12 @@ namespace Shared {
         }
 
 
-#if defined(DATADIR) && defined(BINDIR)
+#if defined(DATADIR) && defined(BINDIR) && defined(__unix__)
         string getDatPath() {
             string curPath = getExecPath();
-            printf("\n binary Path: %s", curPath.c_str());
             const string subBinPath = endPathWithSlash(formatPath(TOSTRING(BINDIR))) + "glest";
-            printf("\n binary Path: %s", subBinPath.c_str());
             eraseSubStr(curPath, subBinPath);
-            printf("\n path now: %s", curPath.c_str());
             string datPath = curPath + endPathWithSlash(TOSTRING(DATADIR));
-            printf("\n what is this???: %s", TOSTRING(DATADIR));
-            printf("\n data path: %s", datPath.c_str());
             return datPath;
         }
 #endif