diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/vs_bridge/ovs.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/vs_bridge/ovs.rb
index cd51ba33..3925dbed 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/vs_bridge/ovs.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/vs_bridge/ovs.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 require 'puppet'
 
 Puppet::Type.type(:vs_bridge).provide(:ovs) do
-  commands :vsctl => 'ovs-vsctl'
-  commands :ip    => 'ip'
+  commands :vsctl     => 'ovs-vsctl'
+  if Facter.value(:operatingsystem) == 'FreeBSD'
+    commands :ifconfig  => 'ifconfig'
+  else
+    commands :ip  => 'ip'
+  end
 
   def exists?
     vsctl("br-exists", @resource[:name])
@@ -12,12 +16,21 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:vs_bridge).provide(:ovs) do
 
   def create
     vsctl('add-br', @resource[:name])
-    ip('link', 'set', @resource[:name], 'up')
+    if Facter.value(:operatingsystem) == 'FreeBSD'
+      vsctl('set','bridge',@resource[:name],'datapath_type=netdev')
+      ifconfig(@resource[:name],'up')
+    else
+      ip('link', 'set', @resource[:name], 'up')
+    end
     external_ids = @resource[:external_ids] if @resource[:external_ids]
   end
 
   def destroy
-    ip('link', 'set', @resource[:name], 'down')
+    if Facter.value(:operatingsystem) == 'FreeBSD'
+      ifconfig(@resource[:name],'down')
+    else
+      ip('link', 'set', @resource[:name], 'down')
+    end
     vsctl('del-br', @resource[:name])
   end
 
diff --git a/manifests/ovs.pp b/manifests/ovs.pp
index 5824d6df..c2c864a0 100644
--- a/manifests/ovs.pp
+++ b/manifests/ovs.pp
@@ -71,6 +71,24 @@ class vswitch::ovs(
         name   => $::vswitch::params::ovs_service_name,
       }
     }
+    'FreeBSD': {
+      Package {
+        provider => 'pkgng',
+      }
+      service { 'ovsdb-server':
+        ensure => true,
+        enable => true,
+        name   => $::vswitch::params::ovsdb_service_name,
+        status => $::vswitch::params::ovsdb_status,
+      }
+      ~>
+      service { 'openvswitch':
+        ensure => true,
+        enable => true,
+        name   => $::vswitch::params::ovs_service_name,
+        status => $::vswitch::params::ovs_status,
+      }
+    }
     default: {
       fail( "${::osfamily} not yet supported by puppet-vswitch")
     }
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 3cb5370a..0b9ea916 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ class vswitch::params {
       $ovs_service_name      = 'openvswitch-switch'
       $provider              = 'ovs'
     }
+    'FreeBSD': {
+      $ovs_package_name      = 'openvswitch'
+      $ovs_pkg_provider      = 'pkgng'
+      $provider              = 'ovs'
+      $ovs_service_name      = 'ovs-vswitchd'
+      $ovsdb_service_name    = 'ovsdb-server'
+      $ovs_status            = "/usr/sbin/service ${ovs_service_name} onestatus"
+      $ovsdb_status          = "/usr/sbin/service ${ovsdb_service_name} onestatus"
+    }
     default: {
       fail " Osfamily ${::osfamily} not supported yet"
     }
diff --git a/spec/classes/vswitch_ovs_spec.rb b/spec/classes/vswitch_ovs_spec.rb
index 7a235af6..5bf8db9d 100644
--- a/spec/classes/vswitch_ovs_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/vswitch_ovs_spec.rb
@@ -35,8 +35,19 @@ describe 'vswitch::ovs' do
   }
   end
 
-  shared_examples_for 'vswitch ovs' do
+  let :freebsd_platform_params do {
+    :ovs_package_name      => 'openvswitch',
+    :ovs_service_name      => 'ovs-vswitchd',
+    :ovsdb_service_name    => 'ovsdb-server',
+    :provider              => 'ovs',
+    :service_hasstatus     => nil,
+    :ovsdb_hasstatus       => nil,
+    :service_status        => '/usr/sbin/service ovs-vswitchd onestatus',
+    :ovsdb_status          => '/usr/sbin/service ovsdb-server onestatus',
+  }
+  end
 
+  shared_examples_for 'vswitch ovs' do
     it 'contains params' do
         is_expected.to contain_class('vswitch::params')
     end
@@ -174,4 +185,59 @@ describe 'vswitch::ovs' do
     it_configures 'do not install dkms'
   end
 
+  context 'on FreeBSD with default parameters' do
+    let :params do default_params end
+
+    let :facts do
+      {:osfamily        => 'FreeBSD',
+       :operatingsystem => 'FreeBSD',
+      }
+    end
+    let :platform_params do freebsd_platform_params end
+
+    it_configures 'vswitch ovs'
+    it_configures 'do not install dkms'
+
+    it 'configures ovsdb service' do
+        is_expected.to contain_service('ovsdb-server').with(
+          :ensure    => true,
+          :enable    => true,
+          :name      => platform_params[:ovsdb_service_name],
+          :hasstatus => platform_params[:ovsdb_hasstatus],
+          :status    => platform_params[:ovsdb_status],
+        )
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'on FreeBSD with parameters' do
+    let :params do {
+      :package_ensure => 'latest',
+    }
+    end
+
+    let :facts do
+      {:osfamily        => 'FreeBSD',
+       :operatingsystem => 'FreeBSD',
+      }
+    end
+    let :platform_params do freebsd_platform_params end
+
+    it_configures 'vswitch ovs'
+    it_configures 'do not install dkms'
+
+    it 'configures ovsdb service' do
+        is_expected.to contain_service(platform_params[:ovsdb_service_name]).with(
+          :ensure    => true,
+          :enable    => true,
+          :name      => platform_params[:ovsdb_service_name],
+          :hasstatus => platform_params[:ovsdb_hasstatus],
+          :status    => platform_params[:ovsdb_status],
+        )
+    end
+
+    it 'ovs-vswitchd requires ovsdb-server' do
+      is_expected.to contain_service(platform_params[:ovsdb_service_name]).that_notifies("Service[#{platform_params[:ovs_package_name]}]")
+    end
+  end
+
 end