diff --git a/src/borg/platform/__init__.py b/src/borg/platform/__init__.py
index 0929e8a2d..1f008cd41 100644
--- a/src/borg/platform/__init__.py
+++ b/src/borg/platform/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ elif is_freebsd:  # pragma: freebsd only
     from .freebsd import API_VERSION as OS_API_VERSION
     from .freebsd import listxattr, getxattr, setxattr
     from .freebsd import acl_get, acl_set
-    from .base import set_flags, get_flags
+    from .freebsd import set_flags
+    from .base import get_flags
     from .base import SyncFile
     from .posix import process_alive, local_pid_alive
     from .posix import swidth
diff --git a/src/borg/platform/freebsd.pyx b/src/borg/platform/freebsd.pyx
index 7e9460ce9..66a71bd4c 100644
--- a/src/borg/platform/freebsd.pyx
+++ b/src/borg/platform/freebsd.pyx
@@ -225,3 +225,71 @@ def acl_set(path, item, numeric_ids=False, fd=None):
     if ret == 1:
         _set_acl(path, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, item, 'acl_access', numeric_ids, fd=fd)
         _set_acl(path, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, item, 'acl_default', numeric_ids, fd=fd)
+
+
+cdef extern from "sys/stat.h":
+    int chflags(const char *path, unsigned long flags)
+    int lchflags(const char *path, unsigned long flags)
+    int fchflags(int fd, unsigned long flags)
+
+# ----------------------------
+# BSD file flags (FreeBSD)
+# ----------------------------
+# Only influence flags that are known to be settable and leave system-managed/read-only flags untouched.
+# We express the mask in terms of names to avoid hard failures if a constant does
+# not exist on a given FreeBSD version; missing names simply contribute 0.
+import stat as stat_mod
+
+SETTABLE_FLAG_NAMES = (
+    # Owner-settable (UF_*)
+    'UF_NODUMP',
+    'UF_IMMUTABLE',
+    'UF_APPEND',
+    'UF_OPAQUE',
+    'UF_NOUNLINK',
+    'UF_HIDDEN',
+    # Super-user-only (SF_*)
+    'SF_ARCHIVED',
+    'SF_IMMUTABLE',
+    'SF_APPEND',
+    'SF_NOUNLINK',
+)
+
+cdef unsigned long SETTABLE_FLAGS_MASK = 0
+for _name in SETTABLE_FLAG_NAMES:
+    # getattr(..., 0) keeps this importable when flags are missing on some FreeBSD versions
+    SETTABLE_FLAGS_MASK |= <unsigned long> getattr(stat_mod, _name, 0)
+
+
+def set_flags(path, bsd_flags, fd=None):
+    """Set a subset of BSD file flags on FreeBSD without disturbing other bits.
+
+    Only flags that are known to be settable are influenced. All other flag bits are preserved as-is.
+    """
+    # Determine current flags.
+    try:
+        if fd is not None:
+            st = os.fstat(fd)
+        else:
+            st = os.lstat(path)
+        current = st.st_flags
+    except (OSError, AttributeError):
+        # We can't determine the current flags, so better give up than corrupting anything.
+        return
+
+    new_flags = (current & ~SETTABLE_FLAGS_MASK) | (bsd_flags & SETTABLE_FLAGS_MASK)
+
+    cdef unsigned long c_flags = <unsigned long> new_flags
+    if fd is not None:
+        if fchflags(fd, c_flags) == -1:
+            err = errno.errno
+            # Some filesystems may not support flags; ignore EOPNOTSUPP quietly.
+            if err != errno.EOPNOTSUPP:
+                # Keep error signature consistent with other platforms; st may not exist here.
+                raise OSError(err, os.strerror(err), path)
+    else:
+        path_bytes = os.fsencode(path)
+        if lchflags(path_bytes, c_flags) == -1:
+            err = errno.errno
+            if err != errno.EOPNOTSUPP:
+                raise OSError(err, os.strerror(err), os.fsdecode(path_bytes))
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/extract_cmd_test.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/extract_cmd_test.py
index 918a40a30..a259bde0e 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/extract_cmd_test.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/extract_cmd_test.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from ...helpers import flags_noatime, flags_normal
 from .. import changedir, same_ts_ns
 from .. import are_symlinks_supported, are_hardlinks_supported, is_utime_fully_supported, is_birthtime_fully_supported
 from ...platform import get_birthtime_ns
-from ...platformflags import is_darwin, is_win32
+from ...platformflags import is_darwin, is_freebsd, is_win32
 from . import (
     RK_ENCRYPTION,
     requires_hardlinks,
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ def test_extract_xattrs_resourcefork(archivers, request):
     # assert atime_extracted == atime_expected  # still broken, but not really important.
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not is_darwin, reason="only for macOS")
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not (is_darwin or is_freebsd), reason="only for macOS or FreeBSD")
 def test_extract_restores_append_flag(archivers, request):
     archiver = request.getfixturevalue(archivers)
     # create a file and set the append flag on it