diff --git a/src/tools/ceph-dencoder/ceph_dencoder.cc b/src/tools/ceph-dencoder/ceph_dencoder.cc
index ccf51575c738c..effcfa41ee95e 100644
--- a/src/tools/ceph-dencoder/ceph_dencoder.cc
+++ b/src/tools/ceph-dencoder/ceph_dencoder.cc
@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ class DencoderPlugin {
     }
   }
   ~DencoderPlugin() {
+#if !defined(__FreeBSD__)
     if (mod) {
       dlclose(mod);
     }
+#endif
   }
   int register_dencoders() {
     assert(mod);