--- a/toolkit/library/dependentlibs.py
+++ b/toolkit/library/dependentlibs.py
@@ -52,21 +52,25 @@ def dependentlibs_mingw_objdump(lib):
 
 def dependentlibs_readelf(lib):
     '''Returns the list of dependencies declared in the given ELF .so'''
     proc = subprocess.Popen([substs.get('TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX', '') + 'readelf', '-d', lib], stdout = subprocess.PIPE)
     deps = []
     for line in proc.stdout:
         # Each line has the following format:
         #  tag (TYPE)          value
+        # or with BSD readelf:
+        #  tag TYPE            value
         # Looking for NEEDED type entries
         tmp = line.split(' ', 3)
-        if len(tmp) > 3 and tmp[2] == '(NEEDED)':
+        if len(tmp) > 3 and 'NEEDED' in tmp[2]:
             # NEEDED lines look like:
             # 0x00000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libname]
+            # or with BSD readelf:
+            # 0x00000001 NEEDED               Shared library: [libname]
             match = re.search('\[(.*)\]', tmp[3])
             if match:
                 deps.append(match.group(1))
     proc.wait()
     return deps
 
 def dependentlibs_otool(lib):
     '''Returns the list of dependencies declared in the given MACH-O dylib'''