diff --git a/src/broxygen/Manager.cc b/src/broxygen/Manager.cc
index 7e2a0067d5..32a0b7d924 100644
--- a/src/broxygen/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/broxygen/Manager.cc
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 
 #include <utility>
 #include <cstdlib>
+#if !defined(__OpenBSD__)
 #include <wordexp.h>
+#endif
 
 using namespace broxygen;
 using namespace std;
@@ -66,9 +68,11 @@ Manager::Manager(const string& arg_config, const string& bro_command)
 
 	const char* env_path = getenv("PATH");
 	string path = env_path ? string(env_path) + ":." : ".";
+	string path_to_bro;
+
+#if !defined(__OpenBSD__)
 	wordexp_t expanded_path;
 	wordexp(path.c_str(), &expanded_path, WRDE_NOCMD);
-	string path_to_bro;
 
 	if ( expanded_path.we_wordc == 1 )
 		path_to_bro = find_file(bro_command, expanded_path.we_wordv[0]);
@@ -77,6 +81,9 @@ Manager::Manager(const string& arg_config, const string& bro_command)
 		reporter->InternalWarning("odd expansion of path: %s\n", path.c_str());
 		path_to_bro = find_file(bro_command, path);
 		}
+#else
+	path_to_bro = find_file(bro_command, path);
+#endif
 
 	struct stat s;