diff --git a/.changes/1271.json b/.changes/1271.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..034bb1fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1271.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "description": "add aarch64-unknown-freebsd image.",
+    "type": "added",
+    "breaking": false
+}
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/b_issue_report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/b_issue_report.yml
index dae86c8e8..0db369e6b 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/b_issue_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/b_issue_report.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ body:
         - aarch64-linux-android
         - aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
         - aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
+        - aarch64-unknown-freebsd
         - arm-linux-androideabi
         - arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi
         - arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.aarch64-unknown-freebsd b/docker/Dockerfile.aarch64-unknown-freebsd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf4b33333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.aarch64-unknown-freebsd
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+FROM ubuntu:20.04
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+COPY common.sh lib.sh /
+RUN /common.sh
+
+COPY cmake.sh /
+RUN /cmake.sh
+
+COPY xargo.sh /
+RUN /xargo.sh
+
+RUN echo "export ARCH=aarch64" > /freebsd-arch.sh
+COPY freebsd-common.sh /
+COPY freebsd.sh /
+RUN /freebsd.sh
+
+COPY freebsd-install.sh /
+COPY freebsd-extras.sh /
+RUN /freebsd-extras.sh
+
+ENV CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX=aarch64-unknown-freebsd12-
+ENV CROSS_SYSROOT=/usr/local/aarch64-unknown-freebsd12
+
+COPY freebsd-gcc.sh /usr/bin/"$CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX"gcc.sh
+COPY toolchain.cmake /opt/toolchain.cmake
+
+ENV CARGO_TARGET_AARCH64_UNKNOWN_FREEBSD_LINKER="$CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX"gcc.sh \
+    AR_aarch64_unknown_freebsd="$CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX"ar \
+    CC_aarch64_unknown_freebsd="$CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX"gcc \
+    CXX_aarch64_unknown_freebsd="$CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX"g++ \
+    CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE_aarch64_unknown_freebsd=/opt/toolchain.cmake \
+    BINDGEN_EXTRA_CLANG_ARGS_aarch64_unknown_freebsd="--sysroot=$CROSS_SYSROOT" \
+    AARCH64_UNKNOWN_FREEBSD_OPENSSL_DIR="$CROSS_SYSROOT" \
+    CROSS_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=FreeBSD \
+    CROSS_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=amd64 \
+    CROSS_CMAKE_CRT=freebsd \
+    CROSS_CMAKE_OBJECT_FLAGS="-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fPIC -m64"
diff --git a/docker/freebsd-common.sh b/docker/freebsd-common.sh
index f5bf75b94..6a2c05338 100755
--- a/docker/freebsd-common.sh
+++ b/docker/freebsd-common.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 export FREEBSD_ARCH=
 case "${ARCH}" in
+    aarch64) # releases are under http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/
+        FREEBSD_ARCH=arm64 # http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/arm64/
+        ;;
     x86_64)
         FREEBSD_ARCH=amd64
         ;;
diff --git a/docker/freebsd-extras.sh b/docker/freebsd-extras.sh
index 3cf48b996..418c58a52 100755
--- a/docker/freebsd-extras.sh
+++ b/docker/freebsd-extras.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
 . freebsd-install.sh
 
+case "${FREEBSD_ARCH}" in
+    arm64) # extras mirrors are under https://pkg.freebsd.org/
+        FREEBSD_ARCH=aarch64 #  https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:13:aarch64/
+        ;;
+esac
+
 main() {
     apt-get update && apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends \
         curl \
diff --git a/src/docker/image.rs b/src/docker/image.rs
index ae5429c9c..2a469fe70 100644
--- a/src/docker/image.rs
+++ b/src/docker/image.rs
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ pub mod tests {
         assert_eq!(arch!("arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf")?, Architecture::Arm);
         assert_eq!(arch!("armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf")?, Architecture::Arm);
         assert_eq!(arch!("aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu")?, Architecture::Arm64);
+        assert_eq!(arch!("aarch64-unknown-freebsd")?, Architecture::Arm64);
         assert_eq!(arch!("mips-unknown-linux-gnu")?, Architecture::Mips);
         assert_eq!(
             arch!("mips64-unknown-linux-gnuabi64")?,
@@ -424,6 +425,10 @@ pub mod tests {
     fn os_from_target() -> Result<()> {
         assert_eq!(Os::from_target(&t!("x86_64-apple-darwin"))?, Os::Darwin);
         assert_eq!(Os::from_target(&t!("x86_64-unknown-freebsd"))?, Os::Freebsd);
+        assert_eq!(
+            Os::from_target(&t!("aarch64-unknown-freebsd"))?,
+            Os::Freebsd
+        );
         assert_eq!(Os::from_target(&t!("x86_64-unknown-netbsd"))?, Os::Netbsd);
         assert_eq!(Os::from_target(&t!("sparcv9-sun-solaris"))?, Os::Solaris);
         assert_eq!(Os::from_target(&t!("sparcv9-sun-illumos"))?, Os::Illumos);
diff --git a/src/docker/provided_images.rs b/src/docker/provided_images.rs
index ede0485d9..f97d732cf 100644
--- a/src/docker/provided_images.rs
+++ b/src/docker/provided_images.rs
@@ -233,6 +233,11 @@ pub static PROVIDED_IMAGES: &[ProvidedImage] = &[
             platforms: &[ImagePlatform::X86_64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU],
             sub: None
         },
+        ProvidedImage {
+            name: "aarch64-unknown-freebsd",
+            platforms: &[ImagePlatform::X86_64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU],
+            sub: None
+        },
         ProvidedImage {
             name: "x86_64-unknown-netbsd",
             platforms: &[ImagePlatform::X86_64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU],
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a7964b31f..6f01be053 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ impl TargetTriple {
             "x86_64-unknown-dragonfly" => Some("dragonflybsd-amd64"),
             "i686-unknown-freebsd" => Some("freebsd-i386"),
             "x86_64-unknown-freebsd" => Some("freebsd-amd64"),
+            "aarch64-unknown-freebsd" => Some("freebsd-arm64"),
             "x86_64-unknown-netbsd" => Some("netbsd-amd64"),
             "sparcv9-sun-solaris" => Some("solaris-sparc"),
             "x86_64-sun-solaris" => Some("solaris-amd64"),
diff --git a/targets.toml b/targets.toml
index 72af50fc2..78bb9c7cf 100644
--- a/targets.toml
+++ b/targets.toml
@@ -409,6 +409,14 @@ cpp = true
 dylib = true
 std = true
 
+[[target]]
+target = "aarch64-unknown-freebsd"
+os = "ubuntu-latest"
+cpp = true
+dylib = true
+std = true
+build-std = true
+
 [[target]]
 target = "x86_64-unknown-netbsd"
 os = "ubuntu-latest"