diff --git a/src/session/fd.c b/src/session/fd.c
index 09c3468a..6cbb55ba 100644
--- a/src/session/fd.c
+++ b/src/session/fd.c
@@ -185,9 +185,7 @@ fd_open(const char *path, int flags, enum wlc_fd_type type)
       FILTER("/dev/dri/card", DRM_MAJOR), // WLC_FD_DRM
    };
 #undef FILTER
-#endif
 
-#ifdef __linux__
    if (type > WLC_FD_LAST || memcmp(path, allow[type].base, allow[type].size)) {
       wlc_log(WLC_LOG_WARN, "Denying open from: %s", path);
       return -1;
diff --git a/src/session/tty.c b/src/session/tty.c
index 56f94c81..c7243b23 100644
--- a/src/session/tty.c
+++ b/src/session/tty.c
@@ -19,18 +19,10 @@
 #elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
 #  include <sys/consio.h>
 #  include <sys/kbio.h>
+#  include <termios.h>
 #  define TTY_BASENAME    "/dev/ttyv"
 #  define TTY_0           "/dev/ttyv0"
 #  define TTY_MAJOR       0
-#  define VT_GETSTATE	  0x5603
-#  define VT_ACTIVATE	  0x5606
-#  define K_UNICODE       0x03
-#  define K_OFF           0x04
-struct vt_stat {
-    unsigned short v_active;    /* active vt */
-    unsigned short v_signal;	/* signal to send */
-    unsigned short v_state;	/* vt bitmask */
-};
 #endif
 
 #ifndef KDSKBMUTE
@@ -45,6 +37,9 @@ static struct {
    struct {
       long kb_mode;
       int vt;
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+      struct termios term;
+#endif
    } old_state;
    int tty, vt;
 } wlc = {
@@ -84,7 +79,12 @@ static int
 open_tty(int vt)
 {
    char tty_name[64];
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+   // /dev/ttyvX index is zero-based, vt index starts from 1...
+   snprintf(tty_name, sizeof tty_name, "%s%d", TTY_BASENAME, vt-1);
+#else
    snprintf(tty_name, sizeof tty_name, "%s%d", TTY_BASENAME, vt);
+#endif
 
    /* check if we are running on the desired vt */
    if (ttyname(STDIN_FILENO) && chck_cstreq(tty_name, ttyname(STDIN_FILENO))) {
@@ -101,22 +101,22 @@ open_tty(int vt)
 }
 
 static bool
-setup_tty(int fd, bool replace_vt)
+setup_tty(int fd, int vt, bool replace_vt)
 {
    if (fd < 0)
       return false;
 
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+   wlc.vt = vt;
+#else
    struct stat st;
    if (fstat(fd, &st) == -1)
       die("Could not stat tty fd");
-
    wlc.vt = minor(st.st_rdev);
-
    if (major(st.st_rdev) != TTY_MAJOR || wlc.vt == 0)
       die("Not a valid vt");
+#endif
 
-/* FreeBSD's new vt is still missing some bits */
-#if defined(__linux__)
    if (!replace_vt) {
       int kd_mode;
       if (ioctl(fd, KDGETMODE, &kd_mode) == -1)
@@ -126,18 +126,20 @@ setup_tty(int fd, bool replace_vt)
          die("vt%d is already in graphics mode (%d). Is another display server running?", wlc.vt, kd_mode);
    }
 
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+   ioctl(fd, VT_GETACTIVE, &wlc.old_state.vt);
+#else
    struct vt_stat state;
    if (ioctl(fd, VT_GETSTATE, &state) == -1)
       die("Could not get current vt");
-
    wlc.old_state.vt = state.v_active;
+#endif
 
    if (ioctl(fd, VT_ACTIVATE, wlc.vt) == -1)
       die("Could not activate vt%d", wlc.vt);
 
    if (ioctl(fd, VT_WAITACTIVE, wlc.vt) == -1)
       die("Could not wait for vt%d to become active", wlc.vt);
-#endif
 
    if (ioctl(fd, KDGKBMODE, &wlc.old_state.kb_mode) == -1)
       die("Could not get keyboard mode");
@@ -145,7 +147,20 @@ setup_tty(int fd, bool replace_vt)
    // vt will be restored from now on
    wlc.tty = fd;
 
-#if defined(__linux__)
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+   if (ioctl(fd, KDSKBMODE, K_CODE) == -1) {
+      wlc_tty_terminate();
+      die("Could not set keyboard mode to K_CODE");
+   }
+   /* Put the tty into raw mode */
+   struct termios tios;
+   if (tcgetattr(fd, &tios))
+      die("Failed to get terminal attribute");
+   memcpy(&wlc.old_state.term, &tios, sizeof(tios));
+   cfmakeraw(&tios);
+   if (tcsetattr(fd, TCSANOW, &tios))
+      die("Failed to set terminal attribute");
+#else
    if (ioctl(fd, KDSKBMUTE, 1) == -1 && ioctl(fd, KDSKBMODE, K_OFF) == -1) {
       wlc_tty_terminate();
       die("Could not set keyboard mode to K_OFF");
@@ -157,18 +172,19 @@ setup_tty(int fd, bool replace_vt)
       die("Could not set console mode to KD_GRAPHICS");
    }
 
-#if defined(__linux__)
    struct vt_mode mode = {
       .mode = VT_PROCESS,
       .relsig = SIGUSR1,
-      .acqsig = SIGUSR2
+      .acqsig = SIGUSR2,
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+      .frsig = SIGIO, /* not used, but has to be set anyway */
+#endif
    };
 
    if (ioctl(fd, VT_SETMODE, &mode) == -1) {
       wlc_tty_terminate();
       die("Could not set vt%d mode", wlc.vt);
    }
-#endif
 
    return true;
 }
@@ -234,9 +250,13 @@ wlc_tty_terminate(void)
       if (ioctl(wlc.tty, VT_ACTIVATE, wlc.vt) != -1 && ioctl(wlc.tty, VT_WAITACTIVE, wlc.vt) != -1) {
          wlc_log(WLC_LOG_INFO, "Restoring vt %d (0x%lx) (fd %d)", wlc.vt, wlc.old_state.kb_mode, wlc.tty);
 
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+         if (ioctl(wlc.tty, KDSKBMODE, wlc.old_state.kb_mode) == -1)
+#else
          if (ioctl(wlc.tty, KDSKBMUTE, 0) == -1 &&
              ioctl(wlc.tty, KDSKBMODE, wlc.old_state.kb_mode) == -1 &&
              ioctl(wlc.tty, KDSKBMODE, K_UNICODE) == -1)
+#endif
             wlc_log(WLC_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to restore vt%d KDSKBMODE", wlc.vt);
 
          if (ioctl(wlc.tty, KDSETMODE, KD_TEXT) == -1)
@@ -272,7 +292,7 @@ wlc_tty_init(int vt)
    if (!vt && !(vt = find_vt(getenv("XDG_VTNR"), &replace_vt)))
       die("Could not find vt");
 
-   if (!setup_tty(open_tty(vt), replace_vt))
+   if (!setup_tty(open_tty(vt), vt, replace_vt))
       die("Could not open tty with vt%d", vt);
 
    struct sigaction action = {