diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 1b9155740..0dbb56074 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -75,3 +75,20 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: artifacts
         path: ./out/artifacts
+
+  build-freebsd:
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Build
+      id: test
+      uses: vmactions/freebsd-vm@v0.1.4
+      with:
+        usesh: true
+        mem: 8192
+        prepare: |
+          pkg install -y git gtar python3 glib meson pkgconf gobject-introspection \
+            json-glib gnutls gtk-doc vala sqlite3 curl gcab libarchive libelf \
+            gettext-tools gnutls usbids polkit
+        run: ./contrib/ci/build_freebsd.sh
diff --git a/contrib/ci/build_freebsd.sh b/contrib/ci/build_freebsd.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6c59efaba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/ci/build_freebsd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+mkdir -p build && cd build
+rm -rf *
+meson .. \
+    -Dgtkdoc=true \
+    -Dtests=true \
+    -Dgudev=false \
+    -Dlibjcat:gpg=false \
+    -Dgusb:usb_ids=/usr/local/share/usbids/usb.ids \
+    -Dplugin_altos=false \
+    -Dplugin_amt=false \
+    -Dplugin_dell=false \
+    -Dplugin_emmc=false \
+    -Dplugin_nvme=false \
+    -Dplugin_synaptics_mst=false \
+    -Dplugin_synaptics_rmi=false \
+    -Dplugin_thunderbolt=false \
+    -Dplugin_tpm=false \
+    -Dplugin_uefi_capsule=false \
+    -Dsystemd=false \
+    $@
+ninja -v || sh
+ninja test -v
+DESTDIR=/tmp/install-ninja ninja install
+cd ..