--- lib/replace/xattr.c.orig	2013-06-13 11:21:02.000000000 +0200
+++ lib/replace/xattr.c	2013-11-04 00:31:14.238191226 +0100
@@ -215,8 +215,15 @@ static ssize_t bsd_attr_list (int type, 
 				return -1;
 		}
 		/* Some error happend. Errno should be set by the previous call */
-		if(list_size < 0)
+		if(list_size < 0) {
+			/* FreeBSD allows only root user to list system namespace.
+			   Ignore permission denied in this case. If error
+			   happens on user namespace too, the file might be
+			   unreadable for the caller and we return the error */
+			if (extattr[t].space == EXTATTR_NAMESPACE_SYSTEM && errno == EPERM)
+				continue;
 			return -1;
+		}
 		/* No attributes */
 		if(list_size == 0)
 			continue;