diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aa3dc83f..deb5ce96 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ check_function_exists(pthread_setname_np HAVE_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP)
 check_function_exists(pselect HAVE_PSELECT)
 check_function_exists(ppoll HAVE_PPOLL)
 check_include_file(linux/serial.h HAVE_LINUX_SERIAL -DHAVE_LINUX_SERIAL=1)
+check_include_file(dev/usb/uftdiio.h HAVE_FREEBSD_UFTDI -DHAVE_FREEBSD_UFTDI=1)
 check_function_exists(argp_parse HAVE_ARGP)
 if(NOT HAVE_ARGP)
   find_library(LIB_ARGP argp)
diff --git a/config.h.cmake b/config.h.cmake
index 5e88633c..b194d390 100755
--- a/config.h.cmake
+++ b/config.h.cmake
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 /* Defined if linux/serial.h is available. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_LINUX_SERIAL
 
+/* Defined if dev/usb/uftdiio.h is available. */
+#cmakedefine HAVE_FREEBSD_UFTDI
+
 /* Defined if pthread_setname_np is available. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 08bed21d..420f2053 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ AC_SUBST(EXTRA_LIBS)
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNC([pselect], [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PSELECT, [1], [Defined if pselect() is available.])])
 AC_CHECK_FUNC([ppoll], [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PPOLL, [1], [Defined if ppoll() is available.])])
-AC_CHECK_HEADER([linux/serial.h], [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LINUX_SERIAL, [1], [Defined if linux/serial.h is available.])])
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([dev/usb/uftdiio.h], [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FREEBSD_UFTDI, [1], [Defined if dev/usb/uftdiio.h is available.])])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(coverage, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-coverage], [enable code coverage tracking]), [CXXFLAGS+=" -coverage -O0"], [])
 AC_ARG_WITH(contrib, AS_HELP_STRING([--without-contrib], [disable inclusion of contributed sources]), [], [with_contrib=yes])
diff --git a/src/lib/ebus/device.cpp b/src/lib/ebus/device.cpp
index b9f541d9..bfc85469 100755
--- a/src/lib/ebus/device.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/ebus/device.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_LINUX_SERIAL
 #  include <linux/serial.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_FREEBSD_UFTDI
+#  include <dev/usb/uftdiio.h>
+#endif
 #include <errno.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_PPOLL
 #  include <poll.h>
@@ -192,7 +195,7 @@ result_t SerialDevice::open() {
   struct termios newSettings;
 
   // open file descriptor
-  m_fd = ::open(m_name, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY);
+  m_fd = ::open(m_name, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_NDELAY);
 
   if (m_fd < 0) {
     return RESULT_ERR_NOTFOUND;
@@ -215,13 +218,24 @@ result_t SerialDevice::open() {
   }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_FREEBSD_UFTDI
+  int param = 0;
+  // flush tx/rx and set low latency on uftdi device
+  if (ioctl(m_fd, UFTDIIOC_GET_LATENCY, &param) == 0) {
+    ioctl(m_fd, UFTDIIOC_RESET_IO, &param);
+    param = 1;
+    ioctl(m_fd, UFTDIIOC_SET_LATENCY, &param);
+  }
+#endif
+
   // save current settings
   tcgetattr(m_fd, &m_oldSettings);
 
   // create new settings
   memset(&newSettings, 0, sizeof(newSettings));
 
-  newSettings.c_cflag |= (B2400 | CS8 | CLOCAL | CREAD);
+  cfsetspeed(&newSettings, B2400);
+  newSettings.c_cflag |= (CS8 | CLOCAL | CREAD);
   newSettings.c_lflag &= ~(ICANON | ECHO | ECHOE | ISIG);  // non-canonical mode
   newSettings.c_iflag |= IGNPAR;  // ignore parity errors
   newSettings.c_oflag &= ~OPOST;
@@ -234,7 +248,10 @@ result_t SerialDevice::open() {
   tcflush(m_fd, TCIFLUSH);
 
   // activate new settings of serial device
-  tcsetattr(m_fd, TCSAFLUSH, &newSettings);
+  if (tcsetattr(m_fd, TCSAFLUSH, &newSettings)) {
+    close();
+    return RESULT_ERR_DEVICE;
+  }
 
   // set serial device into blocking mode
   fcntl(m_fd, F_SETFL, fcntl(m_fd, F_GETFL) & ~O_NONBLOCK);
diff --git a/src/lib/ebus/device.h b/src/lib/ebus/device.h
index 7c555f8f..f306bbc7 100755
--- a/src/lib/ebus/device.h
+++ b/src/lib/ebus/device.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/tcpsocket.h b/src/lib/utils/tcpsocket.h
index 4d0dcb1b..fd82b225 100755
--- a/src/lib/utils/tcpsocket.h
+++ b/src/lib/utils/tcpsocket.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string>