diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 996ec4fdcb..a68ce7f852 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ jobs:
         - go run build/ci.go install
         - go run build/ci.go test -coverage $TEST_PACKAGES
 
+    - os: FreeBSD
+      dist: 12.0-STABLE
+      go: 1.12.x
+      script:
+        - go run build/ci.go install
+        - go run build/ci.go test -coverage $TEST_PACKAGES
+
     # This builder does the Ubuntu PPA upload
     - stage: build
       if: type = push