diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 99866000..cdb8e570 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -780,6 +780,14 @@ USE_OSGPLUGIN(<plugin2>)
     On 64-bit FreeBSD,
     there are <a href="#issue-non-multilib">issues without a 32-bit compiler</a>.
     </p>
+    <p>
+    <strong>N.B. FreeBSD is no longer fully supported</strong>
+    </p>
+    <p>
+    to build the remainder of MXE, run:
+    <pre>./tools/freebsd-excludes</pre>
+    and review that file for the list of packages that are excluded.
+    </p>
 
     <h3 id="requirements-frugalware">Frugalware</h3>
 
diff --git a/tools/freebsd-excludes b/tools/freebsd-excludes
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 9266210c..b94e248a
--- a/tools/freebsd-excludes
+++ b/tools/freebsd-excludes
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 gmake \
+gtksourceviewmm2_BUILD_x86_64-w64-mingw32= \
 graphicsmagick_BUILD= \
 openexr_BUILD= \
 opencv_BUILD= \