diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index acf7525..c0e1071 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,31 @@ jobs:
           name: AppImage  ${{ matrix.ARCH }}${{ matrix.USE_STATIC_RUNTIME}}
           path: linuxdeploy*.AppImage*
 
+  freebsd-build-and-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Repository checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+      - uses: cross-platform-actions/action@v0.32.0
+        with:
+          operating_system: 'freebsd'
+          version: '15.0'
+          architecture: 'x86_64'
+          run: |
+            # Use latest package set
+            sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/
+            sudo cp /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
+            sudo sed -i.bak -e 's|/quarterly|/latest|' /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
+
+            # Install deps
+            sudo -E pkg install -y \
+                bash cmake cimg googletest ninja patchelf pkgconf wget
+
+            # Run the build, skipping plugins as these aren't ready yet
+            bash ci/build.sh --skip-plugins
+
   upload:
     name: Create release and upload artifacts
     needs:
diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
index 1f3c039..2eb7dcd 100755
--- a/ci/build.sh
+++ b/ci/build.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ bin/linuxdeploy "${linuxdeploy_args[@]}"
 # bundle AppImage plugin
 mkdir -p AppDir/plugins
 
+if [ $# -ge 1 ] && [ "$1" = "--skip-plugins" ]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 # build linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage instead of using prebuilt versions
 # this prevents a circular dependency
 # the other repository provides a script for this purpose that builds a bundle we can use
diff --git a/src/core/generate-excludelist.sh b/src/core/generate-excludelist.sh
index d92cb13..8e03fc1 100644
--- a/src/core/generate-excludelist.sh
+++ b/src/core/generate-excludelist.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Copyright 2018 Alexander Gottwald (https://github.com/ago1024)
 # Copyright 2018 TheAssassin (https://github.com/TheAssassin)