diff --git a/changelog.d/freebsd-rc.fix b/changelog.d/freebsd-rc.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f59d4596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/freebsd-rc.fix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Set PATH in the FreeBSD rc script to avoid failures starting the service
diff --git a/installation/freebsd/rc.d/pleroma b/installation/freebsd/rc.d/pleroma
index f62aef18d..149b40838 100755
--- a/installation/freebsd/rc.d/pleroma
+++ b/installation/freebsd/rc.d/pleroma
@@ -24,4 +24,6 @@ command=/usr/local/bin/elixir
 command_args="--erl \"-detached\" -S /usr/local/bin/mix phx.server"
 procname="*beam.smp"
 
+PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin"
+
 run_rc_command "$1"