diff --git a/contrib/ci/build_freebsd_package.sh b/contrib/ci/build_freebsd_package.sh
index 60f56614ce04..01c5ef4ac7c5 100755
--- a/contrib/ci/build_freebsd_package.sh
+++ b/contrib/ci/build_freebsd_package.sh
@@ -32,16 +32,13 @@ if [ -z "$GITHUB_SHA" ] || [ -z "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" ] || \
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Include-file of libefivar port uses GCC-specific builtin function
-export CC=gcc
-
 set -xe
 mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/
 # Fix meson flag problem https://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-ports@freebsd.org/msg86617.html
 cp /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
 sed -i .old 's|url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/quarterly"|url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest"|' \
 /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
-pkg install -y meson efivar
+pkg install -y meson
 pkg upgrade -y meson
 cd /usr
 git clone https://github.com/3mdeb/freebsd-ports.git --depth 1 -b fwupd ports
diff --git a/contrib/freebsd/Makefile b/contrib/freebsd/Makefile
index a485e79ab5e5..1e094768c3b7 100644
--- a/contrib/freebsd/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/freebsd/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
 		libjcat.so:textproc/libjcat \
 		libjson-glib-1.0.so:devel/json-glib \
 		libxmlb.so:textproc/libxmlb \
-		libefiboot.so:devel/gnu-efi
+		libefiboot.so:devel/gnu-efi \
+		libpolkit-gobject-1.so:sysutils/polkit
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/libexec/fwupd/efi/fwupdx64.efi:sysutils/fwupd-efi
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ MESON_ARGS=	-Dgudev=false \
 		-Dplugin_realtek_mst=false \
 		-Dplugin_thunderbolt=false \
 		-Dplugin_tpm=false \
-		-Dpolkit=false \
+		-Dpolkit=true \
 		-Dsystemd=false \
 		-Dtests=false \
 		-Ddocs=gtkdoc \
diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-efivar-freebsd.c b/libfwupdplugin/fu-efivar-freebsd.c
index c4fe3da5ec00..c971fc14be3b 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-efivar-freebsd.c
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-efivar-freebsd.c
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ fu_efivar_delete_impl (const gchar *guid, const gchar *name, GError **error)
 	efi_guid_t guidt;
 	efi_str_to_guid (guid, &guidt);
 
+	if (!fu_efivar_exists_impl(guid, name))
+		return TRUE;
 	if (efi_del_variable (guidt, name) == 0)
 		return TRUE;
 
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ fu_efivar_delete_with_glob_impl (const gchar *guid, const gchar *name_glob, GErr
 {
 	efi_guid_t *guidt = NULL;
 	gchar *name = NULL;
-	gboolean rv = FALSE;
+	gboolean rv = TRUE;
 	efi_guid_t guid_to_delete;
 
 	efi_str_to_guid (guid, &guid_to_delete);
@@ -98,8 +100,29 @@ fu_efivar_get_data_impl (const gchar *guid, const gchar *name, guint8 **data,
 			 gsize *data_sz, guint32 *attr, GError **error)
 {
 	efi_guid_t guidt;
+	gboolean success;
+	guint8 *buf;
+	gssize sz = 0;
+
 	efi_str_to_guid (guid, &guidt);
-	return (efi_get_variable (guidt, name, data, data_sz, attr) != 0);
+	success = efi_get_variable (guidt, name, &buf, data_sz, attr) == 1;
+	if (data_sz != NULL)
+		sz = *data_sz;
+	if (success && sz) {
+		g_autofree guint8 *ret_buf = g_malloc0(sz);
+		memcpy(ret_buf, buf, sz);
+		*data = g_steal_pointer(&ret_buf);
+	}
+
+	if (!success) {
+		g_set_error (error,
+			     G_IO_ERROR,
+			     G_IO_ERROR_FAILED,
+			     "failed to read efivar: %s",
+			     name);
+	}
+
+	return success;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 34bcb1443920..d087ef15b7b6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ if get_option('default_library') != 'static'
     platform_deps += cc.find_library('shlwapi')
   endif
   if host_machine.system() == 'freebsd'
-    platform_deps += dependency('efivar')
+    platform_deps += cc.find_library('efivar')
+    platform_deps += cc.find_library('geom')
   endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-plugin-uefi-capsule.c b/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-plugin-uefi-capsule.c
index d8d6e62b85bf..0158b67a19a5 100644
--- a/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-plugin-uefi-capsule.c
+++ b/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-plugin-uefi-capsule.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ fu_plugin_uefi_capsule_coldplug_device (FuPlugin *plugin, FuUefiDevice *dev, GEr
 	/* set vendor ID as the BIOS vendor */
 	if (device_kind != FU_UEFI_DEVICE_KIND_FMP) {
 		const gchar *dmi_vendor;
-		dmi_vendor = fu_context_get_hwid_value (ctx, FU_HWIDS_KEY_BIOS_VENDOR);
+		dmi_vendor = fu_context_get_hwid_value (ctx, FU_HWIDS_KEY_BASEBOARD_MANUFACTURER);
 		if (dmi_vendor != NULL) {
 			g_autofree gchar *vendor_id = g_strdup_printf ("DMI:%s", dmi_vendor);
 			fu_device_add_vendor_id (FU_DEVICE (dev), vendor_id);
diff --git a/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-backend-freebsd.c b/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-backend-freebsd.c
index f0dde4ae8da9..6da26a8c5929 100644
--- a/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-backend-freebsd.c
+++ b/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-backend-freebsd.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <glib/gstdio.h>
 
+#include "fu-kenv.h"
 #include "fu-uefi-common.h"
 #include "fu-uefi-device.h"
 #include "fu-uefi-backend.h"
diff --git a/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-common.c b/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-common.c
index a8bfb2058511..fb9f4fea64b7 100644
--- a/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-common.c
+++ b/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-common.c
@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@ fu_uefi_bootmgr_get_suffix (GError **error)
 	};
 	g_autofree gchar *sysfsfwdir = fu_common_get_path (FU_PATH_KIND_SYSFSDIR_FW);
 	g_autofree gchar *sysfsefidir = g_build_filename (sysfsfwdir, "efi", NULL);
+#ifdef __linux__
 	firmware_bits = fu_uefi_read_file_as_uint64 (sysfsefidir, "fw_platform_size");
+#else
+	firmware_bits = 64;
+#endif
+
 	if (firmware_bits == 0) {
 		g_set_error (error,
 			     G_IO_ERROR,