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diff --git a/src/pkg/os/sys_freebsd.go b/src/pkg/os/sys_freebsd.go
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+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package os
+
+import "syscall"
+
+// supportsCloseOnExec reports whether the platform supports the
+// O_CLOEXEC flag.
+var supportsCloseOnExec bool
+
+func init() {
+	osrel, err := syscall.SysctlUint32("kern.osreldate")
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	// The O_CLOEXEC flag was introduced in FreeBSD 8.3.
+	// See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/freebsd-versions.html.
+	if osrel >= 803000 {
+		supportsCloseOnExec = true
+	}
+}