diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
index c02802c18e..dd5ddd6667 100644
--- a/config/meson.build
+++ b/config/meson.build
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ if pcap_dep.found() and cc.has_header('pcap.h', dependencies: pcap_dep)
 	dpdk_extra_ldflags += '-lpcap'
 endif
 
+if is_freebsd
+	add_project_link_arguments('-L/usr/local/lib/libtopo', language: 'c')
+	add_project_link_arguments('-ltopo', language: 'c')
+endif
+
 # for clang 32-bit compiles we need libatomic for 64-bit atomic ops
 if cc.get_id() == 'clang' and dpdk_conf.get('RTE_ARCH_64') == false
 	atomic_dep = cc.find_library('atomic', required: true)
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal.c
index d6ea023750..7a8abc2d2b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
+#include <libtopo/topo.h>
+
 #include <rte_compat.h>
 #include <rte_common.h>
 #include <rte_debug.h>
@@ -696,6 +698,12 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* set log level as early as possible */
 	eal_log_level_parse(argc, argv);
 
+	if (topo_init(1, 1) != 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init libtopo.");
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		return -1;	
+	}
+
 	if (rte_eal_cpu_init() < 0) {
 		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot detect lcores.");
 		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal_hugepage_info.c b/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal_hugepage_info.c
index 2e3e9e40f7..3f64ab905b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal_hugepage_info.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal_hugepage_info.c
@@ -50,15 +50,6 @@ create_shared_memory(const char *filename, const size_t mem_size)
 	return map_shared_memory(filename, mem_size, O_RDWR | O_CREAT);
 }
 
-#define NEXT_CPU_NULL -1;
-static inline int
-cmask_get_next_cpu(uint64_t *mask)
-{
-	int ffs = ffsll(*mask);
-	*mask &= ~(1ul << (ffs - 1));
-	return ffs - 1;
-}
-
 static inline int
 cmask_get_num_cpus(const uint64_t mask)
 {
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal_lcore.c b/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal_lcore.c
index 9ceafaedf2..2a7d74ef55 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal_lcore.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal_lcore.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#include <libtopo/topo.h>
 
 #include <rte_log.h>
 #include <rte_eal.h>
@@ -25,33 +26,13 @@ eal_cpu_core_id(unsigned lcore_id)
 static int
 eal_get_ncpus(void)
 {
-	static int ncpu = -1;
-	int mib[2] = {CTL_HW, HW_NCPU};
-	size_t len = sizeof(ncpu);
-
-	if (ncpu < 0) {
-		sysctl(mib, 2, &ncpu, &len, NULL, 0);
-		RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Sysctl reports %d cpus\n", ncpu);
-	}
-	return ncpu;
+	return topo_num_core();
 }
 
 unsigned
 eal_cpu_socket_id(unsigned cpu_id)
 {
-	int error;
-	int domain;
-	size_t domain_sz = sizeof(domain);
-
-	char sysctl_str[32];
-	snprintf(sysctl_str, sizeof(sysctl_str), "dev.cpu.%d.%%domain", cpu_id);
-
-	error = sysctlbyname(sysctl_str, &domain, &domain_sz, NULL, 0);
-	if (error < 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(WARNING, EAL, "Failed to get socket id for core %u, returning 0...\n", cpu_id);
-		domain = 0;
-	}
-	return domain;
+	return topo_core_to_numa(cpu_id);
 }
 
 /* Check if a cpu is present by the presence of the
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/meson.build b/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/meson.build
index e10fd8a16d..231d1b682d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/meson.build
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ sources += files(
 )
 
 deps += ['kvargs', 'telemetry']
+dpdk_extra_ldflags += '-ltopo'
+cflags += [ '-I/usr/local/include' ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index e384e6dbb2..945fa629e5 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ option('machine', type: 'string', value: 'native',
 	description: 'set the target machine type')
 option('max_ethports', type: 'integer', value: 32,
 	description: 'maximum number of Ethernet devices')
-option('max_lcores', type: 'integer', value: 128,
+option('max_lcores', type: 'integer', value: 256,
 	description: 'maximum number of cores/threads supported by EAL')
-option('max_numa_nodes', type: 'integer', value: 4,
+option('max_numa_nodes', type: 'integer', value: 16,
 	description: 'maximum number of NUMA nodes supported by EAL')
 option('enable_trace_fp', type: 'boolean', value: false,
 	description: 'enable fast path trace points.')