diff --git a/microscript/ILibDuktape_ScriptContainer.c b/microscript/ILibDuktape_ScriptContainer.c
index 775e47b..a09090c 100644
--- a/microscript/ILibDuktape_ScriptContainer.c
+++ b/microscript/ILibDuktape_ScriptContainer.c
@@ -447,7 +447,14 @@ void ILibDuktape_ScriptContainer_CheckEmbedded(char **script, int *scriptLen)
 #elif defined(NACL)
 #elif defined(_FREEBSD)
 	int x = readlink("/proc/curproc/file", exePath, sizeof(exePath));
-	if (x < 0 || x >= sizeof(exePath)) ILIBCRITICALEXIT(246);
+	if (x < 0 || x >= sizeof(exePath))
+	{
+		write(STDOUT_FILENO, "You'll need to mount procfs, which isn't mounted by default on FreeBSD. Add the following line to /etc/fstab\n");
+		write(STDOUT_FILENO, "   proc	/proc	procfs	rw	0	0\n\n");
+		write(STDOUT_FILENO, "If you don't reboot after, then you can manually mount with the command:\n");
+		write(STDOUT_FILENO, "   mount - t procfs proc / proc\n\n");
+		ILIBCRITICALEXIT(246);
+	}
 	exePath[x] = 0;
 #else
 	int x = readlink("/proc/self/exe", exePath, sizeof(exePath));