diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 839efbad85..72752394fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -1139,8 +1139,39 @@ jobs:
 
   # This is ci/actions-templates/freebsd-builds-template.yaml
   # Do not edit this file in .github/workflows
-  build-freebsd: # job-name
+  build-freebsd-master: # job-name skip-stable
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_name == 'master') || github.event_name == 'schedule' }} # skip-stable
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        # v2 defaults to a shallow checkout, but we need at least to the previous tag
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    - name: Acquire tags for the repo
+      run: |
+        git fetch --no-tags --prune --depth=1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
+    - name: Run a full build
+      uses: vmactions/freebsd-vm@v1
+      with:
+        release: 13.2
+        usesh: true
+        copyback: false
+        prepare: |
+          pkg install -y git gmake bash sudo
+        run: |
+          echo "========="
+          echo "create non-root user and log into it"
+          pw group add -n tester
+          pw user add -n tester -g tester -s `which bash`
+          pw user mod tester -d `pwd`
+          chown -R tester .
+          sudo -u tester bash ci/freebsd/script.bash
+
+  # This is ci/actions-templates/freebsd-builds-template.yaml
+  # Do not edit this file in .github/workflows
+  build-freebsd-stable: # job-name skip-master
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_name == 'stable' }} # skip-master
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
@@ -1324,7 +1355,8 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - build-all-features
       - check
-      - build-freebsd
+      - build-freebsd-master
+      - build-freebsd-stable
       - build-linux-pr
       - build-linux-master
       - build-linux-stable
diff --git a/ci/actions-templates/freebsd-builds-template.yaml b/ci/actions-templates/freebsd-builds-template.yaml
index 22e2aeab2a..2c85b57921 100644
--- a/ci/actions-templates/freebsd-builds-template.yaml
+++ b/ci/actions-templates/freebsd-builds-template.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-jobs: # skip-all
+jobs: # skip-master skip-stable
 
   # This is ci/actions-templates/freebsd-builds-template.yaml
   # Do not edit this file in .github/workflows
-  build-freebsd: # job-name
+  build-freebsd-master: # job-name skip-stable
+  build-freebsd-stable: # job-name skip-master
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_name == 'master') || github.event_name == 'schedule' }} # skip-stable
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_name == 'stable' }} # skip-master
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
diff --git a/ci/actions-templates/gen-workflows.sh b/ci/actions-templates/gen-workflows.sh
index c09a3594b1..d2ea6f7fcd 100755
--- a/ci/actions-templates/gen-workflows.sh
+++ b/ci/actions-templates/gen-workflows.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ gen_job () {
     grep -v "skip-$2" "$INPATH/$1-template.yaml" >> "$OUTPATH"
 }
 
-cat << EOF > "$OUTPATH"
+cat << 'EOF' > "$OUTPATH"
 # GitHub Actions workflow generated by ci/actions-templates/gen-workflows.sh
 # Do not edit this file in .github/workflows
 
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ gen_job linux-builds stable
 gen_job macos-builds x86_64
 gen_job macos-builds aarch64
 
+gen_job freebsd-builds master
+gen_job freebsd-builds stable
+
 # The following targets only have a single job
-gen_job freebsd-builds all
 gen_job centos-fmt-clippy all
 gen_job all-features all
 gen_job test-docs all