diff --git a/toolchains/private/BUILD.bazel b/toolchains/private/BUILD.bazel
--- a/toolchains/private/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/toolchains/private/BUILD.bazel
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 native_tool_toolchain(
     name = "preinstalled_make",
     path = select({
         "@platforms//os:windows": "make.exe",
-        "//conditions:default": "make",
+        "//conditions:default": "gmake",
     }),
 )

@@ -23,5 +23,8 @@ native_tool_toolchain(
 make_tool(
     name = "make_tool",
     srcs = "@gnumake_src//:all_srcs",
+    features = [
+        "-default_link_libs",
+    ],
     tags = ["manual"],
 )

diff --git a/foreign_cc/cmake.bzl b/foreign_cc/cmake.bzl
--- a/foreign_cc/cmake.bzl
+++ b/foreign_cc/cmake.bzl
@@ -343,10 +343,12 @@
         if "win" in execution_os_name:
             generator = "Ninja"
         elif "macos" in execution_os_name:
             generator = "Unix Makefiles"
         elif "linux" in execution_os_name:
+            generator = "Unix Makefiles"
+        elif "freebsd" in execution_os_name:
             generator = "Unix Makefiles"
         else:
             fail("No generator set and no default is known. Please set the cmake `generator` attribute")
 
     # Sanity check