diff --git a/build/Jamfile.v2 b/build/Jamfile.v2
index d0d0536f..28c5dd17 100644
--- a/build/Jamfile.v2
+++ b/build/Jamfile.v2
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ if [ check-icu-config ]
 if $(gHAS_ICU)
 {
    BOOST_REGEX_ICU_OPTS = "<target-os>freebsd:<include>/usr/local/include" ;
+   ICU_SEARCH_OPTS = "<target-os>freebsd:<search>/$(ICU_PATH)/lib" ; 
    BOOST_REGEX_ICU_OPTS += "<define>BOOST_HAS_ICU=1" ;
    
    if $(ICU_PATH)