diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..070a8d0aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Cirrus CI configuration
+# https://cirrus-ci.com/github/curl/curl
+
+task:
+  name: FreeBSD
+  freebsd_instance:
+    matrix:
+      image: freebsd-12-0-release-amd64
+      image: freebsd-11-2-release-amd64
+      image: freebsd-10-4-release-amd64
+
+  env:
+    CIRRUS_CLONE_DEPTH: 1
+    MAKE_FLAGS: -j 2
+
+  pkginstall_script:
+    - pkg install -y autoconf automake libtool pkgconf brotli openldap-client heimdal libpsl libmetalink libssh2 openssh-portable libidn2 librtmp libnghttp2 nghttp2 stunnel
+    - pkg delete -y curl
+  configure_script:
+    - ./buildconf
+    - ./configure --prefix="${HOME}"/install --enable-debug --with-libssh2 --with-brotli --with-gssapi --with-libidn2 --enable-manual --enable-ldap --enable-ldaps --with-librtmp --with-libmetalink --with-libpsl --with-nghttp2 || { tail -300 config.log; false; }
+  compile_script:
+    - make V=1
+  test_script:
+    # Some tests won't run if run as root so run them as another user.
+    # Make directories world writable so the test step can write wherever it needs.
+    - find . -type d -exec chmod 777 {} \;
+    # TODO: A number of tests are failing on FreeBSD and so are disabled.
+    # This should be investigated.
+    - sudo -u nobody make V=1 TFLAGS='-n -a -p !flaky !303 !304 !310 !311 !312 !313 !323 !504 !1082 !1242 !1243 !2002 !2003 !2034 !2035 !2037 !2038 !2041 !2042 !2048 !3000 !3001' test-nonflaky
+  install_script:
+    - make V=1 install
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b54084502..3b495b15a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 [![Coverity passed](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/curl/badge.svg)](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/curl)
 [![Travis-CI Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/curl/curl.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/curl/curl)
 [![AppVeyor Build Status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/l1vv31029huhf4g4?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/curlorg/curl)
+[![Cirrus Build Status](https://api.cirrus-ci.com/github/curl/curl.svg?branch=master)](https://cirrus-ci.com/github/curl/curl)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/curl/curl/badge.svg)](https://coveralls.io/github/curl/curl)
 [![Backers on Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/curl/backers/badge.svg)](#backers)
 [![Sponsors on Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/curl/sponsors/badge.svg)](#sponsors)