diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 205b861..f044d48 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -319,13 +319,13 @@ case $SYSTEM in
         fi
     ;;
 
-    BSD/386-i[3456]86|FreeBSD-i386 )
+    BSD/386-i[3456]86|FreeBSD-i386|FreeBSD-amd64 )
         # Antti Jrvinen <costello@iki.fi> reported that this system can
         # be supported with the SunOS 4.x driver files.
         EXTRA_OBJECTS="sys_sunos.o strerror.o"
         EXTRA_LIBS="-lkvm"
         SYSDEFS="-DSUNOS"
-        echo "Configuring for BSD/386 (using SunOS driver)"
+        echo "Configuring for $SYSTEM (using SunOS driver)"
     ;;
     NetBSD-* )
         EXTRA_OBJECTS="sys_netbsd.o"