diff --git a/ctr/checkpoint_solaris.go b/ctr/checkpoint_unix.go
similarity index 97%
rename from ctr/checkpoint_solaris.go
rename to ctr/checkpoint_unix.go
index a24e829f..61ccc386 100644
--- a/ctr/checkpoint_solaris.go
+++ b/ctr/checkpoint_unix.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !linux
+
 package main
 
 import (
diff --git a/specs/spec_freebsd.go b/specs/spec_freebsd.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b60d3d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/spec_freebsd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package specs
+
+import ocs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
+
+type (
+	// ProcessSpec aliases the platform process specs
+	ProcessSpec ocs.Process
+	// Spec aliases the platform oci spec
+	Spec ocs.Spec
+)