diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 8a4979b3f..a168e2ff1 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ LINTFLAGS+=@NETBSD_LINTFLAGS@
 # compat with OpenBSD
 LINTFLAGS+="-Dsigset_t=long"
 # FreeBSD
-LINTFLAGS+="-D__uint16_t=uint16_t" "-DEVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD=int" "-D_RuneLocale=int" "-D__va_list=..."
+LINTFLAGS+="-D__uint16_t=uint16_t" "-DEVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD=int" "-D_RuneLocale=int" "-D__va_list=va_list"
 
 INSTALL=$(srcdir)/install-sh