diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 056c119..a575f3b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ package : package_info build
 package_deb: package
 	./scripts/build.sh deb
 
+package_freebsd: package
+	./scripts/build.sh freebsd
+
 clean:
 	$(GO) clean
 	$(RM) -rf build/
diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
index b61653c..2d0176b 100644
--- a/scripts/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 pack/
 info
 *.deb
+*.tar
+*.tar.*
diff --git a/scripts/build_freebsd.sh b/scripts/build_freebsd.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..13cb388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_freebsd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Simple script to create a tar archive for FreeBSD
+
+PACKAGE_TMPDIR="${PACKAGE_TMPDIR}/freebsd"
+PACKAGE_RCDIR=/etc/rc.d
+
+############################
+#  Create rc file          #
+############################
+
+# rc does not like "-" in the filename.
+RC_NAME=$(echo ${PACKAGE_NAME} | sed "s~-~_~g")
+
+mkdir -p ${BASE_DIR}/${PACKAGE_TMPDIR}/${PACKAGE_RCDIR}
+cat ${BASE_DIR}/rc.template \
+	| sed "s~{{ RC_NAME }}~${RC_NAME}~g" \
+	| sed "s~{{ DESCRIPTION }}~${PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION}~" \
+	| sed "s~{{ PROGRAM }}~/${PACKAGE_BINDIR}/${PACKAGE_NAME}~" \
+	> ${BASE_DIR}/${PACKAGE_TMPDIR}/${PACKAGE_RCDIR}/${RC_NAME}
+
+############################
+#  Copy binary             #
+############################
+
+mkdir -p ${BASE_DIR}/${PACKAGE_TMPDIR}/${PACKAGE_BINDIR}
+cp ${BASE_DIR}/../${PACKAGE_PROGRAM} ${BASE_DIR}/${PACKAGE_TMPDIR}/${PACKAGE_BINDIR}
+
+############################
+#  Create archive          #
+############################
+
+TAR_FILENAME="${PACKAGE_NAME}-${PACKAGE_VERSION}-freebsd.tar.gz"
+
+tar -C ${BASE_DIR}/${PACKAGE_TMPDIR} --owner root --group root -zcvf ${BASE_DIR}/${TAR_FILENAME} .