diff --git a/config/user.m4 b/config/user.m4
index 6ec27a5b2c..87df8c7cca 100644
--- a/config/user.m4
+++ b/config/user.m4
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_CONFIG_USER], [
 	ZFS_AC_CONFIG_USER_MAKEDEV_IN_MKDEV
 	ZFS_AC_CONFIG_USER_ZFSEXEC
 
-	AC_CHECK_FUNCS([issetugid mlockall strlcat strlcpy])
+	AC_CHECK_FUNCS([execvpe issetugid mlockall strlcat strlcpy])
 
 	AC_SUBST(RM)
 ])
diff --git a/lib/libspl/include/os/freebsd/sys/param.h b/lib/libspl/include/os/freebsd/sys/param.h
index 15d3ff0dcb..1ff3ca8025 100644
--- a/lib/libspl/include/os/freebsd/sys/param.h
+++ b/lib/libspl/include/os/freebsd/sys/param.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 extern size_t spl_pagesize(void);
 #define	PAGESIZE	(spl_pagesize())
 
+#ifndef HAVE_EXECVPE
 extern int execvpe(const char *name, char * const argv[], char * const envp[]);
+#endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/os/freebsd/libzfs_compat.c b/lib/libzfs/os/freebsd/libzfs_compat.c
index d1c1fea7fb..aef2abf625 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/os/freebsd/libzfs_compat.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/os/freebsd/libzfs_compat.c
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 #define	ZFS_KMOD	"openzfs"
 #endif
 
-
+#ifndef HAVE_EXECVPE
+/* FreeBSD prior to 15 lacks execvpe */
 static int
 execvPe(const char *name, const char *path, char * const *argv,
     char * const *envp)
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ execvpe(const char *name, char * const argv[], char * const envp[])
 
 	return (execvPe(name, path, argv, envp));
 }
+#endif /* !HAVE_EXECVPE */
 
 static __thread char errbuf[ERRBUFLEN];