diff --git a/tool/runruby.rb b/tool/runruby.rb
index 1efe38fd13..c6724f53d3 100755
--- a/tool/runruby.rb
+++ b/tool/runruby.rb
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ if File.file?(libruby_so)
     env[e] = [abs_archdir, ENV[e]].compact.join(File::PATH_SEPARATOR)
   end
 end
+# Work around a bug in FreeBSD 13.2 which can cause fork(2) to hang
+# See: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=271490
+env['LD_BIND_NOW'] = 'yes' if /freebsd/ =~ RUBY_PLATFORM
 
 ENV.update env