diff --git a/cmd/podman/system/service.go b/cmd/podman/system/service.go
index bb8156d4c5..53572234a8 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/system/service.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/system/service.go
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-//go:build linux && !remote
-// +build linux,!remote
+//go:build (linux || freebsd) && !remote
+// +build linux freebsd
+// +build !remote
 
 package system
 
diff --git a/cmd/podman/system/service_abi.go b/cmd/podman/system/service_abi.go
index 5c57a5df2c..f5ae6fd509 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/system/service_abi.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/system/service_abi.go
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-//go:build linux && !remote
-// +build linux,!remote
+//go:build (linux || freebsd) && !remote
+// +build linux freebsd
+// +build !remote
 
 package system
 
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/cgroups"
-	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/servicereaper"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/registry"
 	api "github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/api/server"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/domain/entities"
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func restService(flags *pflag.FlagSet, cfg *entities.PodmanConfig, opts entities
 		logrus.Debugf("Could not move to subcgroup: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	servicereaper.Start()
+	maybeStartServiceReaper()
 	infra.StartWatcher(libpodRuntime)
 	server, err := api.NewServerWithSettings(libpodRuntime, listener, opts)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/podman/system/service_abi_common.go b/cmd/podman/system/service_abi_common.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..999f90fbe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podman/system/service_abi_common.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build !linux && !remote
+
+package system
+
+// Currently, we only need servicereaper on Linux to support slirp4netns.
+func maybeStartServiceReaper() {
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/system/service_abi_linux.go b/cmd/podman/system/service_abi_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0da1594ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podman/system/service_abi_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//go:build linux && !remote
+
+package system
+
+import (
+	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/servicereaper"
+)
+
+// Currently, we only need servicereaper on Linux to support slirp4netns.
+func maybeStartServiceReaper() {
+	servicereaper.Start()
+}
diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_stats_freebsd.go b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_stats_freebsd.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5745547691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_stats_freebsd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package compat
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/api/handlers/utils"
+)
+
+const DefaultStatsPeriod = 5 * time.Second
+
+func StatsContainer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	utils.Error(w, http.StatusBadRequest, fmt.Errorf("compat.StatsContainer not supported on FreeBSD"))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_stats.go b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_stats_linux.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_stats.go
rename to pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_stats_linux.go