diff --git a/gio/tests/meson.build b/gio/tests/meson.build
index 3f29543b1..b563e8dde 100644
--- a/gio/tests/meson.build
+++ b/gio/tests/meson.build
@@ -683,7 +683,14 @@ if not meson.is_cross_build() or meson.has_exe_wrapper()
   objcopy_supports_add_symbol = false
   objcopy = find_program('objcopy', required : false)
   if objcopy.found()
-    objcopy_supports_add_symbol = run_command(objcopy, '--help', check: true).stdout().contains('--add-symbol')
+    # FIXME: This should be `check: true` because we never really expect
+    # `objcopy --help` to fail, given that `objcopy` exists. However, it does
+    # fail on FreeBSD because ELF Tool Chain has
+    # [a bug](https://sourceforge.net/p/elftoolchain/code/3950/).
+    # This can be changed back to `check: true` once our CI uses a FreeBSD
+    # version which includes the fix.
+    # See https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/2360#note_1318608
+    objcopy_supports_add_symbol = run_command(objcopy, '--help', check: false).stdout().contains('--add-symbol')
   endif
 
   ld = find_program('ld', required : false)