diff --git a/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs b/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs
index da47485cc..a7a4c5f40 100644
--- a/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs
@@ -409,9 +409,9 @@ fn get_input_type(path: &str) -> CatResult<InputType> {
             if let Some(raw_error) = e.raw_os_error() {
                 // On Unix-like systems, the error code for "Too many levels of symbolic links" is 40 (ELOOP).
                 // we want to provide a proper error message in this case.
-                #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+                #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "freebsd")))]
                 let too_many_symlink_code = 40;
-                #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+                #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "freebsd"))]
                 let too_many_symlink_code = 62;
                 if raw_error == too_many_symlink_code {
                     return Err(CatError::TooManySymlinks);