diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b4e2e26..a3c8bf0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ exclude = ["/.*"]
 
 [dependencies]
 async-lock = "3.0.0"
-async-io = "2.1.0"
+async-io = "2.4.0"
 cfg-if = "1.0"
 event-listener = "5.1.0"
 futures-lite = "2.0.0"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ tracing = { version = "0.1.40", default-features = false }
 async-signal = "0.2.3"
 rustix = { version = "0.38", default-features = false, features = ["std", "fs"] }
 
-[target.'cfg(any(windows, target_os = "linux"))'.dependencies]
+[target.'cfg(any(windows, target_os = "linux", target_os = "freebsd"))'.dependencies]
 async-channel = "2.0.0"
 async-task = "4.7.0"
 
diff --git a/src/reaper/mod.rs b/src/reaper/mod.rs
index f8daf3e..2baa7ea 100644
--- a/src/reaper/mod.rs
+++ b/src/reaper/mod.rs
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 #![allow(irrefutable_let_patterns)]
 
 /// Enable the waiting reaper.
-#[cfg(any(windows, target_os = "linux"))]
+#[cfg(any(windows, target_os = "linux", target_os = "freebsd"))]
 macro_rules! cfg_wait {
     ($($tt:tt)*) => {$($tt)*};
 }
 
 /// Enable the waiting reaper.
-#[cfg(not(any(windows, target_os = "linux")))]
+#[cfg(not(any(windows, target_os = "linux", target_os = "freebsd")))]
 macro_rules! cfg_wait {
     ($($tt:tt)*) => {};
 }
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ use std::sync::Mutex;
 
 /// The underlying system reaper.
 pub(crate) enum Reaper {
-    #[cfg(any(windows, target_os = "linux"))]
+    #[cfg(any(windows, target_os = "linux", target_os = "freebsd"))]
     /// The reaper based on the wait backend.
     Wait(wait::Reaper),
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pub(crate) enum Reaper {
 
 /// The wrapper around a child.
 pub(crate) enum ChildGuard {
-    #[cfg(any(windows, target_os = "linux"))]
+    #[cfg(any(windows, target_os = "linux", target_os = "freebsd"))]
     /// The child guard based on the wait backend.
     Wait(wait::ChildGuard),
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pub(crate) enum ChildGuard {
 
 /// A lock on the reaper.
 pub(crate) enum Lock {
-    #[cfg(any(windows, target_os = "linux"))]
+    #[cfg(any(windows, target_os = "linux", target_os = "freebsd"))]
     /// The wait-based reaper needs no lock.
     Wait,
 
diff --git a/src/reaper/wait.rs b/src/reaper/wait.rs
index 2a878cd..a821c9f 100644
--- a/src/reaper/wait.rs
+++ b/src/reaper/wait.rs
@@ -217,6 +217,54 @@ cfg_if::cfg_if! {
             }
         }
 
+        /// Tell if we are able to use this backend.
+        pub(crate) fn available() -> bool {
+            true
+        }
+    } else if #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")] {
+        use async_io::os::kqueue::{Exit, Filter};
+        use std::num::NonZeroI32;
+
+        /// Waitable version of `std::process::Child`
+        struct WaitableChild {
+            child: std::process::Child,
+            handle: Filter<Exit>,
+        }
+
+        impl WaitableChild {
+            fn new(child: std::process::Child) -> io::Result<Self> {
+                // std::process::Child id must provide a positive PID value
+                let exit_filter = unsafe {
+                    Filter::new(Exit::from_pid(NonZeroI32::new_unchecked(
+                        child
+                            .id()
+                            .try_into()
+                            .expect("could not transform pid to i32 type"),
+                    )))?
+                };
+
+                Ok(Self {
+                    handle: exit_filter,
+                    child: child,
+                })
+            }
+
+            fn get_mut(&mut self) -> &mut std::process::Child {
+                &mut self.child
+            }
+
+            fn poll_wait(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<std::process::ExitStatus>> {
+                loop {
+                    if let Some(status) = self.child.try_wait()? {
+                        return Poll::Ready(Ok(status));
+                    }
+
+                    // Wait for us to become readable.
+                    futures_lite::ready!(self.handle.poll_ready(cx))?;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /// Tell if we are able to use this backend.
         pub(crate) fn available() -> bool {
             true