diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2a4bfa3954..35a282c9a7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ else
    OSX := 0
 endif
 
+BSD_LOCAL_INC =
+DYLIB_LIB = -ldl
+ifneq ($(findstring BSD,$(shell uname -a)),)
+   BSD_LOCAL_INC = -I/usr/local/include
+   DYLIB_LIB = -lc
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(HAVE_SRC), 1)
    LIBS += $(SRC_LIBS)
    DEFINES += $(SRC_CFLAGS)
@@ -68,7 +75,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(HAVE_SDL), 1)
    OBJ += gfx/sdl.o gfx/gl.o input/sdl.o audio/sdl.o fifo_buffer.o
-   DEFINES += $(SDL_CFLAGS)
+   DEFINES += $(SDL_CFLAGS) $(BSD_LOCAL_INC)
    LIBS += $(SDL_LIBS)
 ifeq ($(OSX),1)
    LIBS += -framework OpenGL
@@ -95,7 +102,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(HAVE_DYLIB), 1)
    OBJ += gfx/ext.o audio/ext.o
-   LIBS += -ldl
+   LIBS += $(DYLIB_LIB)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(HAVE_FREETYPE), 1)
@@ -116,7 +123,7 @@ ifeq ($(HAVE_FFMPEG), 1)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(HAVE_DYNAMIC), 1)
-   LIBS += -ldl
+   LIBS += $(DYLIB_LIB)
 else
    LIBS += $(libsnes)
 endif
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index 157780e751..2c100075c3 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -572,15 +572,9 @@ char** dir_list_new(const char *dir, const char *ext)
       if (!dir_list[cur_ptr])
          goto error;
 
-      strcpy(dir_list[cur_ptr], dir);
-#ifdef _WIN32
-      dir_list[cur_ptr][path_len] = '\\';
-      strcpy(&dir_list[cur_ptr][path_len + 1], utf8_buf);
-#else
-      dir_list[cur_ptr][path_len] = '/';
-      strcpy(&dir_list[cur_ptr][path_len + 1], entry->d_name);
-#endif
-      dir_list[cur_ptr][final_off - 1] = '\0';
+      strlcpy(dir_list[cur_ptr], dir, final_off);
+      strlcat(dir_list[cur_ptr], "/", final_off);
+      strlcat(dir_list[cur_ptr], entry->d_name, final_off);
 
       cur_ptr++;
       if (cur_ptr + 1 == cur_size) // Need to reserve for NULL.
diff --git a/qb/config.libs.sh b/qb/config.libs.sh
index a6167e7cf6..04410b9e6f 100644
--- a/qb/config.libs.sh
+++ b/qb/config.libs.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 check_switch_c C99 -std=gnu99
 check_critical C99 "Cannot find C99 compatible compiler."
 
+if [ "$OS" = BSD ]; then
+   DYLIB=-lc
+else
+   DYLIB=-ldl
+fi
+
 if [ "$HAVE_DYNAMIC" = "yes" ] && [ "$HAVE_CONFIGFILE" = "no" ]; then
    echo "Cannot have dynamic loading of libsnes and no configfile support."
    echo "Dynamic loading requires config file support."
@@ -10,12 +16,12 @@ if [ "$HAVE_DYNAMIC" = "yes" ] && [ "$HAVE_CONFIGFILE" = "no" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ $HAVE_DYNAMIC != yes ]; then
-   check_lib_cxx SNES $LIBSNES snes_init -ldl
+   check_lib_cxx SNES $LIBSNES snes_init $DYLIB
    check_critical SNES "Cannot find libsnes."
    add_define_make libsnes $LIBSNES
 fi
 
-check_lib DYLIB -ldl dlopen
+check_lib DYLIB $DYLIB dlopen
 check_lib NETPLAY -lc socket
 
 check_lib ALSA -lasound snd_pcm_open
@@ -56,7 +62,7 @@ fi
 
 check_pkgconf SRC samplerate
 
-check_lib DYNAMIC -ldl dlopen
+check_lib DYNAMIC $DYLIB dlopen
 
 check_pkgconf FREETYPE freetype2
 check_lib XVIDEO -lXv XvShmCreateImage
diff --git a/settings.c b/settings.c
index 1d62d0316c..3c5411cadf 100644
--- a/settings.c
+++ b/settings.c
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ static config_file_t *open_default_config_file(void)
       if (appdata)
       {
          char conf_path[strlen(appdata) + strlen("/ssnes.cfg ")];
-         strcpy(conf_path, appdata);
-         strcat(conf_path, "/ssnes.cfg");
+         strlcpy(conf_path, appdata, sizeof(conf_path));
+         strlcat(conf_path, "/ssnes.cfg", sizeof(conf_path));
          conf = config_file_new(conf_path);
       }
    }
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ static config_file_t *open_default_config_file(void)
    if (home)
    {
       char conf_path[strlen(home) + strlen("/.ssnes.cfg ")];
-      strcpy(conf_path, home);
-      strcat(conf_path, "/.ssnes.cfg");
+      strlcpy(conf_path, home, sizeof(conf_path));
+      strlcat(conf_path, "/.ssnes.cfg", sizeof(conf_path));
       conf = config_file_new(conf_path);
    }
    if (!conf)
@@ -219,15 +219,15 @@ static config_file_t *open_default_config_file(void)
    if (xdg)
    {
       char conf_path[strlen(xdg) + strlen("/ssnes/ssnes.cfg ")];
-      strcpy(conf_path, xdg);
-      strcat(conf_path, "/ssnes/ssnes.cfg");
+      strlcpy(conf_path, xdg, sizeof(conf_path));
+      strlcat(conf_path, "/ssnes/ssnes.cfg", sizeof(conf_path));
       conf = config_file_new(conf_path);
    }
    else if (home)
    {
       char conf_path[strlen(home) + strlen("/.ssnes.cfg ")];
-      strcpy(conf_path, home);
-      strcat(conf_path, "/.ssnes.cfg");
+      strlcpy(conf_path, home, sizeof(conf_path));
+      strlcat(conf_path, "/.ssnes.cfg", sizeof(conf_path));
       conf = config_file_new(conf_path);
    }
    // Try this as a last chance...
diff --git a/ssnes.c b/ssnes.c
index 799fced310..79fde88912 100644
--- a/ssnes.c
+++ b/ssnes.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static void print_help(void)
 static void set_basename(const char *path)
 {
    char tmp[strlen(path) + 1];
-   strcpy(tmp, path);
+   strlcpy(tmp, path, sizeof(tmp));
    char *dst = strrchr(tmp, '.');
    if (dst)
       *dst = '\0';