diff --git a/ChangeLog.rst b/ChangeLog.rst
index 95a98b0..c01bb56 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.rst
+++ b/ChangeLog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Unreleased Changes
   flag had no effect in the previous versions of libfuse 3.x;
   now ACLs should actually work.
 
+* Fixed a number of compilation problems under FreeBSD.  
+
 libfuse 3.1.1 (2017-08-06)
 ==========================
 
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index ecff313..e50251c 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ test_scripts = [ 'conftest.py', 'pytest.ini', 'test_examples.py',
                  'util.py', 'test_ctests.py' ]
 td += custom_target('test_scripts', input: test_scripts,
                       output: test_scripts, build_by_default: true,
-                      command: ['cp', '-fPu', '--preserve=mode',
+                      command: ['cp', '-fP', '--preserve=mode',
                                 '@INPUT@', meson.current_build_dir() ])
 
 # Provide something helpful when running 'ninja test'