diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ab022a419621d..9c4eb4082ff4d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ target-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl = ["api", "api-client", "rdkafka?/cmake_build",
 target-powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu = ["api", "api-client", "enrichment-tables", "rdkafka?/cmake_build", "sinks", "sources", "sources-dnstap", "transforms", "unix", "vrl-cli", "enterprise"]
 # Currently doesn't build due to lack of support for 64-bit atomics
 target-powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu = ["api", "api-client", "enrichment-tables", "rdkafka?/cmake_build", "sinks", "sources", "sources-dnstap", "transforms", "unix", "vrl-cli", "enterprise"]
+target-x86_64-unknown-freebsd = []
 
 # Enables features that work only on systems providing `cfg(unix)`
 unix = ["tikv-jemallocator"]
diff --git a/Cross.toml b/Cross.toml
index 1b138c3638f6d..293184f24946a 100644
--- a/Cross.toml
+++ b/Cross.toml
@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@ image = "vector-cross-env:armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf"
 
 [target.armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf]
 image = "vector-cross-env:armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf"
+
+[target.x86_64-unknown-freebsd]
+image = "vector-cross-env:x86_64-unknown-freebsd"
diff --git a/scripts/cross/x86_64-unknown-freebsd.dockerfile b/scripts/cross/x86_64-unknown-freebsd.dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..79129d3973dfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/cross/x86_64-unknown-freebsd.dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FROM ghcr.io/cross-rs/x86_64-unknown-freebsd:main
+
+# freebsd image is actually based on Ubuntu and copies over FreeBSD libraries
+
+COPY bootstrap-ubuntu.sh .
+RUN ./bootstrap-ubuntu.sh