diff --git a/src/redist/targets/GenerateLayout.targets b/src/redist/targets/GenerateLayout.targets
index c2ecb3c84..86497b4e0 100644
--- a/src/redist/targets/GenerateLayout.targets
+++ b/src/redist/targets/GenerateLayout.targets
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       <DotnetExtensionsBlobRootUrl Condition="'$(DotnetExtensionsBlobRootUrl)' == ''">https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/</DotnetExtensionsBlobRootUrl>
       
       <CoreSetupRid>$(HostRid)</CoreSetupRid>
-      <CoreSetupRid Condition=" ('$(HostOSName)' == 'win' or '$(HostOSName)' == 'osx') and '$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' != 'true' ">$(HostMonikerRid)</CoreSetupRid>
+      <CoreSetupRid Condition=" ('$(HostOSName)' == 'win' or '$(HostOSName)' == 'osx' or '$(HostOSName)' == 'freebsd') and '$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' != 'true' ">$(HostMonikerRid)</CoreSetupRid>
 
       <!-- only the runtime OSX .pkgs have a `-internal` suffix -->
       <InstallerStartSuffix Condition="'$(HostOSName)' == 'osx'">-internal</InstallerStartSuffix>
diff --git a/src/redist/targets/GetRuntimeInformation.targets b/src/redist/targets/GetRuntimeInformation.targets
index db05df0c4..183c6413d 100644
--- a/src/redist/targets/GetRuntimeInformation.targets
+++ b/src/redist/targets/GetRuntimeInformation.targets
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     </GetCurrentRuntimeInformation>
   
     <PropertyGroup>
-      <IsLinux Condition = " '$(HostOSName)' != 'win' AND '$(HostOSName)' != 'osx' ">True</IsLinux>
+      <IsLinux Condition = " '$(HostOSName)' != 'win' AND '$(HostOSName)' != 'osx' AND '$(HostOSName)' != 'freebsd' ">True</IsLinux>
       <OSName Condition=" '$(OSName)' == '' AND '$(IsLinux)' != 'True' ">$(HostOSName)</OSName>
       <OSPlatform Condition=" '$(OSPlatform)' == '' AND '$(IsLinux)' != 'True' ">$(HostOSPlatform)</OSPlatform>
       <OSName Condition=" '$(OSName)' == '' AND '$(IsLinux)' == 'True' ">linux</OSName>
diff --git a/src/redist/targets/SetBuildDefaults.targets b/src/redist/targets/SetBuildDefaults.targets
index 99fb183b7..8d035b09f 100644
--- a/src/redist/targets/SetBuildDefaults.targets
+++ b/src/redist/targets/SetBuildDefaults.targets
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
       <!--<IncludeNuGetPackageArchive Condition=" '$(IncludeNuGetPackageArchive)' == '' ">true</IncludeNuGetPackageArchive>-->
       <SkipBuildingInstallers Condition=" '$(SkipBuildingInstallers)' == '' AND
         ($(Rid.StartsWith('rhel.6'))
+        OR $(Rid.StartsWith('freebsd'))
         OR $(Rid.StartsWith('linux-musl'))
         OR $(Rid.StartsWith('fedora.27'))
         OR $(Rid.StartsWith('opensuse.42.3'))
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@
         AND '$(Rid)' != 'ubuntu.18.04-x64'">true</IncludeSharedFrameworksForBackwardsCompatibilityTests>-->
       <HighEntropyVA>true</HighEntropyVA>
 
+      <!-- There is no asp.net runtime available for freebsd at the moment. Once there is one, we can remove the line below -->
+      <IncludeAspNetCoreRuntime Condition=" '$(IncludeAspNetCoreRuntime)' == '' AND $(Rid.StartsWith('freebsd'))">false</IncludeAspNetCoreRuntime>
+
       <!-- Only use asset target fallback that we set (not implicit one to net461). -->
       <!--<DisableImplicitAssetTargetFallback>true</DisableImplicitAssetTargetFallback>-->