1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rubygems.rb b/lib/rubygems.rb
index ad7ab10756..ac225ca70a 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems.rb
@@ -1013,6 +1013,13 @@ An Array (#{env.inspect}) was passed in from #{caller[3]}
   end
 
   ##
+  # Is this platform FreeBSD
+
+  def self.freebsd_platform?
+    RbConfig::CONFIG["host_os"].to_s.include?("bsd")
+  end
+
+  ##
   # Load +plugins+ as Ruby files
 
   def self.load_plugin_files(plugins) # :nodoc: