diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/freebsd_wordexp.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/freebsd_wordexp.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d703b4ce3098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/freebsd_wordexp.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  bin,
+  writeScriptBin,
+}:
+writeScriptBin "freebsd_wordexp" ''
+  #!${lib.getBin bin}/bin/sh
+  freebsd_wordexp "$@"
+''