diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 95115f8233..939a3e1387 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -764,6 +764,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    38,
 /**/
     37,
 /**/
diff --git a/src/vim.h b/src/vim.h
index 0ac296e260..5946d63d2a 100644
--- a/src/vim.h
+++ b/src/vim.h
@@ -2495,7 +2495,8 @@ typedef enum
 #define FNE_INCL_BR	1	/* include [] in name */
 #define FNE_CHECK_START	2	/* check name starts with valid character */
 
-#if (defined(sun) || defined(__FreeBSD__)) && defined(S_ISCHR)
+#if (defined(sun) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)) \
+	&& defined(S_ISCHR)
 # define OPEN_CHR_FILES
 #endif