diff --git a/pbx/pbx_dundi.c b/pbx/pbx_dundi.c
index 62e55abf95d75dba658e463f0a2841e2fa065a9d..26a3e51a21ee848abd10875bd91e1f6e9a97cf52 100644
--- a/pbx/pbx_dundi.c
+++ b/pbx/pbx_dundi.c
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <net/if.h>
 
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__Darwin__) 
+#include <net/if_dl.h>
+#include <ifaddrs.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "asterisk/file.h"
 #include "asterisk/logger.h"
 #include "asterisk/channel.h"
@@ -399,8 +404,7 @@ static void reset_global_eid(void)
 		if (ioctl(s, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr))
 			continue;
 		memcpy(&global_eid, ((unsigned char *)&ifr.ifr_hwaddr) + 2, sizeof(global_eid));
-		ast_debug(1, "Seeding global EID '%s' from '%s'\n", 
-				dundi_eid_to_str(eid_str, sizeof(eid_str), &global_eid), ifr.ifr_name);
+		ast_debug(1, "Seeding global EID '%s' from '%s' using 'siocgifhwaddr'\n", dundi_eid_to_str(eid_str, sizeof(eid_str), &global_eid), ifr.ifr_name);
 		close(s);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -413,12 +417,10 @@ static void reset_global_eid(void)
 	if (getifaddrs(&ifap) == 0) {
 		struct ifaddrs *p;
 		for (p = ifap; p; p = p->ifa_next) {
-			if (p->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_LINK) {
+			if ((p->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_LINK) && !(p->ifa_flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) && (p->ifa_flags & IFF_RUNNING)) {
 				struct sockaddr_dl* sdp = (struct sockaddr_dl*) p->ifa_addr;
-				memcpy(
-					&(global_eid.eid),
-					sdp->sdl_data + sdp->sdl_nlen, 6);
-				ast_debug(1, "Seeding global EID '%s' from '%s'\n", dundi_eid_to_str(eid_str, sizeof(eid_str), &global_eid), ifap->ifa_name);
+				memcpy(&(global_eid.eid), sdp->sdl_data + sdp->sdl_nlen, 6);
+				ast_debug(1, "Seeding global EID '%s' from '%s' using 'getifaddrs'\n", dundi_eid_to_str(eid_str, sizeof(eid_str), &global_eid), p->ifa_name);
 				freeifaddrs(ifap);
 				return;
 			}
@@ -427,7 +429,7 @@ static void reset_global_eid(void)
 	}
 #endif
 #endif
-	ast_log(LOG_NOTICE, "No ethernet interface found for seeding global EID  You will have to set it manually.\n");
+	ast_log(LOG_NOTICE, "No ethernet interface found for seeding global EID. You will have to set it manually.\n");
 }
 
 static int get_trans_id(void)