diff --git a/.changes/1166.json b/.changes/1166.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44eeb432e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1166.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "description": "freebsd: include memstat in build image to fix build with libc 0.2.138 and up.",
+    "type": "fixed"
+}
diff --git a/docker/freebsd.sh b/docker/freebsd.sh
index 39fe3d60d..038496d05 100755
--- a/docker/freebsd.sh
+++ b/docker/freebsd.sh
@@ -186,8 +186,9 @@ main() {
     cp -r "${td}/freebsd/lib/"* "${destdir}/lib"
     cp "${td}/freebsd/usr/lib/libc++.so.1" "${destdir}/lib"
     cp "${td}/freebsd/usr/lib/libc++.a" "${destdir}/lib"
-    cp "${td}/freebsd/usr/lib"/lib{c,util,m,ssp_nonshared}.a "${destdir}/lib"
+    cp "${td}/freebsd/usr/lib"/lib{c,util,m,ssp_nonshared,memstat}.a "${destdir}/lib"
     cp "${td}/freebsd/usr/lib"/lib{rt,execinfo,procstat}.so.1 "${destdir}/lib"
+    cp "${td}/freebsd/usr/lib"/libmemstat.so.3 "${destdir}/lib"
     cp "${td}/freebsd/usr/lib"/{crt1,Scrt1,crti,crtn}.o "${destdir}/lib"
     cp "${td}/freebsd/usr/lib"/libkvm.a "${destdir}/lib"