--- src/cpp/core/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2022-12-03 07:38:59 UTC
+++ src/cpp/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -161,12 +161,14 @@ if (UNIX)
    # platform introspection
    check_symbol_exists(SA_NOCLDWAIT "signal.h" HAVE_SA_NOCLDWAIT)
    check_symbol_exists(SO_PEERCRED "sys/socket.h" HAVE_SO_PEERCRED)
+   set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${FREEBSD_LIBDIR}/libinotify.so)
    check_function_exists(inotify_init1 HAVE_INOTIFY_INIT1)
+   set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES "")
    check_function_exists(getpeereid HAVE_GETPEEREID)
    check_function_exists(setresuid HAVE_SETRESUID)
-   if(EXISTS "/proc/self")
+   #if(EXISTS "/proc/self")
       set(HAVE_PROCSELF TRUE)
-   endif()
+   #endif()
 
    # missing on non-glibc platforms like macOS, musl-based Linux distros, and
    # the BSDs
