diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 1b5507703..d56bb73be 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -961,7 +961,8 @@ bool AppInitParameterInteraction()
     nMaxConnections = std::max(nUserMaxConnections, 0);
 
     // Trim requested connection counts, to fit into system limitations
-    nMaxConnections = std::max(std::min(nMaxConnections, FD_SETSIZE - nBind - MIN_CORE_FILEDESCRIPTORS - MAX_ADDNODE_CONNECTIONS), 0);
+    // <int> in std::min<int>(...) to work around FreeBSD compilation issue described in #2695
+    nMaxConnections = std::max(std::min<int>(nMaxConnections, FD_SETSIZE - nBind - MIN_CORE_FILEDESCRIPTORS - MAX_ADDNODE_CONNECTIONS), 0);
     nFD = RaiseFileDescriptorLimit(nMaxConnections + MIN_CORE_FILEDESCRIPTORS + MAX_ADDNODE_CONNECTIONS);
     if (nFD < MIN_CORE_FILEDESCRIPTORS)
         return InitError(_("Not enough file descriptors available."));