diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..777d3eca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+env:
+  CIRRUS_CLONE_DEPTH: 1
+  ARCH: amd64
+
+task:
+  freebsd_instance:
+    matrix:
+      image: freebsd-12-0-release-amd64
+      image: freebsd-11-2-release-amd64
+  install_script:
+    - sed -i.bak -e 's,pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/\${ABI}/quarterly,pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/\${ABI}/latest,' /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf
+    - pkg upgrade -y
+    - pkg install -y gmake
+  script:
+    - CFLAGS="-Werror" gmake -j all
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b6d19e7e..e3f19c5a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ a list of known ports and bindings is provided on [Zstandard homepage](http://ww
 [![Build Status][travisDevBadge]][travisLink]
 [![Build status][AppveyorDevBadge]][AppveyorLink]
 [![Build status][CircleDevBadge]][CircleLink]
+[![Build status][CirrusDevBadge]][CirrusLink]
 
 [travisDevBadge]: https://travis-ci.org/facebook/zstd.svg?branch=dev "Continuous Integration test suite"
 [travisLink]: https://travis-ci.org/facebook/zstd
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ a list of known ports and bindings is provided on [Zstandard homepage](http://ww
 [AppveyorLink]: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/YannCollet/zstd-p0yf0
 [CircleDevBadge]: https://circleci.com/gh/facebook/zstd/tree/dev.svg?style=shield "Short test suite"
 [CircleLink]: https://circleci.com/gh/facebook/zstd
+[CirrusDevBadge]: https://api.cirrus-ci.com/github/facebook/zstd.svg
+[CirrusLink]: https://cirrus-ci.com/github/facebook/zstd
 
 ## Benchmarks