diff --git a/icu4c/source/aclocal.m4 b/icu4c/source/aclocal.m4
index d2fb880f47d..ad020558fdb 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/aclocal.m4
+++ b/icu4c/source/aclocal.m4
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ alpha*-*-linux-gnu)
 *-dec-osf*) icu_cv_host_frag=mh-alpha-osf ;;
 *-*-linux*) icu_cv_host_frag=mh-linux ;;
 *-*-cygwin)	icu_cv_host_frag=mh-cygwin ;;
-*-*-freebsd*|*-*-netbsd*) 	icu_cv_host_frag=mh-bsd-gcc ;;
+*-*-*bsd*) 	icu_cv_host_frag=mh-bsd-gcc ;;
 *-*-aix*) 	
 	case "$CXX" in
 	*vacpp*)icu_cv_host_frag=mh-aix-va ;;
diff --git a/icu4c/source/configure b/icu4c/source/configure
index d68f926106c..53823f061fa 100755
--- a/icu4c/source/configure
+++ b/icu4c/source/configure
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ alpha*-*-linux-gnu)
 *-dec-osf*) icu_cv_host_frag=mh-alpha-osf ;;
 *-*-linux*) icu_cv_host_frag=mh-linux ;;
 *-*-cygwin)	icu_cv_host_frag=mh-cygwin ;;
-*-*-freebsd*|*-*-netbsd*) 	icu_cv_host_frag=mh-bsd-gcc ;;
+*-*-*bsd*) 	icu_cv_host_frag=mh-bsd-gcc ;;
 *-*-aix*) 	
 	case "$CXX" in
 	*vacpp*)icu_cv_host_frag=mh-aix-va ;;
@@ -4007,7 +4007,7 @@ ICUDATA_CHAR=$U_ENDIAN_CHAR
 case "${host}" in
 	*-*-solaris*) 	platform=U_SOLARIS ;;
 	*-*-linux*) 	platform=U_LINUX ;;
-	*-*-freebsd*) 	platform=U_LINUX ;;
+	*-*-*bsd*) 	platform=U_BSD ;;
 	*-*-aix*) 	platform=AIX ;;
 	*-sequent-*)	platform=PTX ;;
 	*-*-hpux*) 	platform=HPUX ;;
@@ -4030,7 +4030,7 @@ platform_make_fragment='$(top_srcdir)/config/'"$platform_make_fragment_name"
 case "${host}" in
 	*-*-solaris*) 	ld_rpath_suf=":" ;;
 	*-*-linux*) 	ld_rpath_suf=" " ;;
-	*-*-freebsd*) 	ld_rpath_suf=" " ;;
+	*-*-*bsd*) 	ld_rpath_suf=" " ;;
 	*-*-aix*) 	ld_rpath_suf="" ;;
 	*-sequent-*)	ld_rpath_suf="" ;;
 	*-*-hpux*) 	ld_rpath_suf=":" ;;
diff --git a/icu4c/source/configure.in b/icu4c/source/configure.in
index d92494df370..f7dcc53d150 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/configure.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/configure.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl Copyright (c) 1999-2000, International Business Machines Corporation and
 dnl others. All Rights Reserved.
 dnl Stephen F. Booth, heavily modified by Yves and others
 
-dnl $Id: configure.in,v 1.138 2001/11/11 07:22:54 yves-oss Exp $
+dnl $Id: configure.in,v 1.139 2001/11/26 21:47:42 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script
 AC_INIT(common/unicode/utypes.h)
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ dnl set ICUDATA_CHAR to 'e' for any EBCDIC (which should be big endian) platform
 case "${host}" in
 	*-*-solaris*) 	platform=U_SOLARIS ;;
 	*-*-linux*) 	platform=U_LINUX ;;
-	*-*-freebsd*) 	platform=U_LINUX ;;
+	*-*-*bsd*) 	platform=U_BSD ;;
 	*-*-aix*) 	platform=AIX ;;
 	*-sequent-*)	platform=PTX ;;
 	*-*-hpux*) 	platform=HPUX ;;
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ dnl Handle -rpath options for shared library paths
 case "${host}" in
 	*-*-solaris*) 	ld_rpath_suf=":" ;;
 	*-*-linux*) 	ld_rpath_suf=" " ;;
-	*-*-freebsd*) 	ld_rpath_suf=" " ;;
+	*-*-*bsd*) 	ld_rpath_suf=" " ;;
 	*-*-aix*) 	ld_rpath_suf="" ;;
 	*-sequent-*)	ld_rpath_suf="" ;;
 	*-*-hpux*) 	ld_rpath_suf=":" ;;
diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/icupkg.inc.in b/icu4c/source/data/icupkg.inc.in
index 02857621ef5..9b1bcb3615d 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/data/icupkg.inc.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/data/icupkg.inc.in
@@ -108,3 +108,8 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(strip $(PLATFORM)),U_LINUX)
   TOOL=env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(LPATHS)
 endif
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(PLATFORM)),U_BSD)
+  TOOL=env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(LPATHS)
+endif
+
diff --git a/icu4c/source/extra/uconv/pkgdata.inc.in b/icu4c/source/extra/uconv/pkgdata.inc.in
index 02857621ef5..9b1bcb3615d 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/extra/uconv/pkgdata.inc.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/extra/uconv/pkgdata.inc.in
@@ -108,3 +108,8 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(strip $(PLATFORM)),U_LINUX)
   TOOL=env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(LPATHS)
 endif
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(PLATFORM)),U_BSD)
+  TOOL=env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(LPATHS)
+endif
+
diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/pkgdata/icupkg.inc.in b/icu4c/source/tools/pkgdata/icupkg.inc.in
index 02857621ef5..9b1bcb3615d 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/pkgdata/icupkg.inc.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/pkgdata/icupkg.inc.in
@@ -108,3 +108,8 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(strip $(PLATFORM)),U_LINUX)
   TOOL=env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(LPATHS)
 endif
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(PLATFORM)),U_BSD)
+  TOOL=env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(LPATHS)
+endif
+