diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git/package.nix
index b5ccd79b8777..fa7bcc7cd054 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git/package.nix
@@ -577,6 +577,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # Fails largely due to assumptions about BOM
     # Tested to fail: 2.18.0
     disable_test t0028-working-tree-encoding
+  ''
+  + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isFreeBSD ''
+    # Time zones are not available in the build sandbox.
+    # This can be fixed if/when we decide on how the hardcoded libc paths should look
+    disable_test t0006-date
+    # Kernel bug (?) related to confusion over whether ulimit -n should set max fd or num files
+    disable_test t5324-split-commit-graph
+    # known breakage vanished?
+    disable_test t7815-grep-binary
   '';
 
   stripDebugList = [