diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac7f34a09..e7abdfcee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Certbot adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ### Added
 
+* Add FreeBSD specific paths to certbot
 *
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/certbot/compat/misc.py b/certbot/compat/misc.py
index 4f0e22078..b22fa93e8 100644
--- a/certbot/compat/misc.py
+++ b/certbot/compat/misc.py
@@ -129,7 +129,11 @@ LINUX_DEFAULT_FOLDERS = {
     'work': '/var/lib/letsencrypt',
     'logs': '/var/log/letsencrypt',
 }
-
+FREEBSD_DEFAULT_FOLDERS = {
+    'config': '/usr/local/etc/letsencrypt',
+    'work': '/var/db/letsencrypt',
+    'logs': '/var/log/letsencrypt',
+}
 
 def get_default_folder(folder_type):
     """
@@ -142,6 +146,10 @@ def get_default_folder(folder_type):
 
     """
     if os.name != 'nt':
+        # Unix-like
+        if sys.platform.startswith('freebsd') or sys.platform.startswith('dragonfly'):
+            # FreeBSD specific
+            return FREEBSD_DEFAULT_FOLDERS[folder_type]
         # Linux specific
         return LINUX_DEFAULT_FOLDERS[folder_type]
     # Windows specific