diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index ec5fdbf23..98116e159 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Marko Sisovic <msisovic13@gmail.com>
 Viktor Ricci <ricci@primateer.de>
 Harvey Randall <harveyrandall2001@gmail.com>
 Pedro Lameiras <pedrolameiras@tecnico.ulisboa.pt>
-Kai Knoblich <kai@FreeBSD.org>
+Kai Knoblich  <kai@FreeBSD.org>
 Lucas Scharenbroch <lucasscharenbroch@gmail.com>
 Antonio Cavallo <a.cavallo@cavallinux.eu>
 Han Yeong-woo <han@yeongwoo.dev>
diff --git a/qt/aqt/__init__.py b/qt/aqt/__init__.py
index 552809c13..b6d24080b 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/__init__.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/__init__.py
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ def setupGL(pm: aqt.profiles.ProfileManager) -> None:
     driver_failed = False
 
     # work around pyqt loading wrong GL library
-    if is_lin:
+    if is_lin and not sys.platform.startswith("freebsd"):
         import ctypes
 
         ctypes.CDLL("libGL.so.1", ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL)