diff --git a/repmgr.c b/repmgr.c
index be5ca394..eb9d254c 100644
--- a/repmgr.c
+++ b/repmgr.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -1762,11 +1763,18 @@ test_ssh_connection(char *host, char *remote_user)
 	char script[MAXLEN];
 	int	 r;
 
+/* On some OS, true is located in a different place than in Linux */
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+#define TRUEBIN_PATH "/usr/bin/true"
+#else
+#define TRUEBIN_PATH "/bin/true"
+#endif
+
 	/* Check if we have ssh connectivity to host before trying to rsync */
 	if (!remote_user[0])
-		maxlen_snprintf(script, "ssh -o Batchmode=yes %s /bin/true", host);
+		maxlen_snprintf(script, "ssh -o Batchmode=yes %s %s", host, TRUEBIN_PATH);
 	else
-		maxlen_snprintf(script, "ssh -o Batchmode=yes %s -l %s /bin/true", host, remote_user);
+		maxlen_snprintf(script, "ssh -o Batchmode=yes %s -l %s %s", host, remote_user, TRUEBIN_PATH);
 
 	log_debug(_("command is: %s"), script);
 	r = system(script);