diff --git a/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/HostDependentDownloadableContribution.java b/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/HostDependentDownloadableContribution.java
index 93a342030..9209c77fc 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/HostDependentDownloadableContribution.java
+++ b/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/packages/HostDependentDownloadableContribution.java
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ public abstract class HostDependentDownloadableContribution extends Downloadable
       }
     }
 
+    if (osName.contains("FreeBSD")) {
+      if (osArch.contains("arm")) {
+        return host.matches("arm.*-freebsd[0-9]*");
+      } else {
+        return host.matches(osArch + "-freebsd[0-9]*");
+      }
+    }
+
     return false;
   }
 }