--- Makefile.orig	2026-10-15 08:04:34 UTC
+++ Makefile
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ LIBFFI_CFLAGS ?= -O2 -fPIC -Wno-deprecated-declaration
 # is no upstream configure switch that drops that translation unit. The
 # suppression applies only to the libffi build, never to Nift's own sources.
 LIBFFI_CFLAGS ?= -O2 -fPIC -Wno-deprecated-declarations
-CPPFLAGS += -I$(LIBFFI_INCLUDE)
+override CPPFLAGS += -I$(LIBFFI_INCLUDE)
 # The deep profile permits stack-slot reuse for the broad recursion corpus.
 # The lifetime profile retains use-after-scope checking. Compatibility dispatch
 # uses independent sanitizer frames so expression depth guards remain reachable.
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ RECOVERY_EPOCH_GUARD := $(TEST_DIR)/nift-recovery-epoc
 CP21_BYTES_EMBED_TEST := $(TEST_DIR)/nift-cp21-bytes-embed$(EXEEXT)
 RECOVERY_EPOCH_GUARD := $(TEST_DIR)/nift-recovery-epoch-guard$(EXEEXT)
 
+ifeq ($(shell uname -s),FreeBSD)
+export PATH := $(PATH):/sbin:/usr/sbin
+endif
+
 all: $(TARGET)
 
 FORCE:
@@ -1002,7 +1006,10 @@ test-pagination-ordering: $(TARGET)
 	NIFT_BIN="$(CURDIR)/$(TARGET)" python3 tests/repair_campaign.py
 
 test-pagination-ordering: $(TARGET)
-	NIFT_BIN="$(CURDIR)/$(TARGET)" tests/pagination_ordering_smoke.sh
+	@NIFT_BIN="$(CURDIR)/$(TARGET)" tests/pagination_ordering_smoke.sh; \
+	  status=$$?; \
+	  if [ $$status -eq 77 ]; then echo "test-pagination-ordering: skipped"; \
+	  else exit $$status; fi
 
 test-pagination: $(TARGET)
 	NIFT_BIN="$(CURDIR)/$(TARGET)" tests/pagination_smoke.sh