diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 7099d16184..2bd56be061 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -209,3 +209,23 @@ bleeding_edge_compilers_task:
     - make -j2 -sk
   tests_script:
     - VALGRIND_OPTS="--errors-for-leak-kinds=definite" make -j2 -sk check || cat ./test-suite.log || false
+
+freebsd_task:
+  freebsd_instance:
+    matrix:
+      - image_family: freebsd-13-2
+  allow_failures: false
+  pkg_install_script:
+    - >
+      pkg install --yes
+      autotools
+      bison
+      flex
+      pkgconf
+  configure_script:
+    - ./build.sh
+    - ./configure --disable-perl
+  build_script:
+    - make -j$(nproc) -sk
+  tests_script:
+    - VALGRIND_OPTS="--errors-for-leak-kinds=definite" make -j2 -sk check || cat ./test-suite.log && false