diff --git a/libretro-build.sh b/libretro-build.sh
index 4771a37e..cafbd838 100755
--- a/libretro-build.sh
+++ b/libretro-build.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,27 @@ else
    EXE="so"
 fi
 
-SCRIPT=$(readlink -f "$0")
+# BSDs don't have readlink -f
+read_link()
+{
+   TARGET_FILE="$1"
+   cd $(dirname "$TARGET_FILE")
+   TARGET_FILE=$(basename "$TARGET_FILE")
+
+   while [ -L "$TARGET_FILE" ]
+   do
+      TARGET_FILE=$(readlink "$TARGET_FILE")
+      cd $(dirname "$TARGET_FILE")
+      TARGET_FILE=$(basename "$TARGET_FILE")
+   done
+
+   PHYS_DIR=$(pwd -P)
+   RESULT="$PHYS_DIR/$TARGET_FILE"
+   echo $RESULT
+}
+
+SCRIPT=$(read_link "$0")
+echo "Script: $SCRIPT"
 BASE_DIR=$(dirname "$SCRIPT")
 RARCH_DIR=""$BASE_DIR"/dist"
 RARCH_DIST_DIR="$RARCH_DIR/pc"
@@ -56,12 +76,12 @@ elif [ $ARCH = armv7l ]; then
    ARMV7=true
 fi
 
+if [ -z "$CC" ]; then
+   CC=gcc
+fi
+
 build_libretro_bsnes()
 {
-   if [ -z "$CC" ]; then
-      CC=gcc
-   fi
-
    cd "$BASE_DIR"
    if [ -d "libretro-bsnes/perf" ]; then
       echo "=== Building bSNES performance ==="
diff --git a/libretro-install.sh b/libretro-install.sh
index 6ab90fc3..b69b8949 100755
--- a/libretro-install.sh
+++ b/libretro-install.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,28 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-SCRIPT=$(readlink -f $0)
-BASE_DIR=$(dirname $SCRIPT)
-RARCH_DIR=$BASE_DIR/dist
-RARCH_DIST_DIR=$RARCH_DIR/pc
+# BSDs don't have readlink -f
+read_link()
+{
+   TARGET_FILE="$1"
+   cd $(dirname "$TARGET_FILE")
+   TARGET_FILE=$(basename "$TARGET_FILE")
+
+   while [ -L "$TARGET_FILE" ]
+   do
+      TARGET_FILE=$(readlink "$TARGET_FILE")
+      cd $(dirname "$TARGET_FILE")
+      TARGET_FILE=$(basename "$TARGET_FILE")
+   done
+
+   PHYS_DIR=$(pwd -P)
+   RESULT="$PHYS_DIR/$TARGET_FILE"
+   echo $RESULT
+}
+
+SCRIPT=$(read_link "$0")
+BASE_DIR=$(dirname "$SCRIPT")
+RARCH_DIR="$BASE_DIR/dist"
+RARCH_DIST_DIR="$RARCH_DIR/pc"
 
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    LIBRETRO_DIR="/usr/local/lib/libretro"
@@ -13,8 +32,8 @@ fi
 
 for lib in "$RARCH_DIST_DIR"/*
 do
-   if [ -f $lib ]; then
-      install -v -m644 $lib "$LIBRETRO_DIR"
+   if [ -f "$lib" ]; then
+      install -v -m644 "$lib" "$LIBRETRO_DIR"
    else
       echo "Library $lib not found, skipping ..."
    fi