diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/libbsddialog.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/libbsddialog.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fede91206f34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/freebsd/pkgs/libbsddialog.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  mkDerivation,
+  libncurses,
+  libncurses-form,
+  libncurses-tinfo,
+}:
+mkDerivation {
+  path = "lib/libbsddialog";
+  extraPaths = [
+    "contrib/bsddialog"
+  ];
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "man"
+    "debug"
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    libncurses
+    libncurses-form
+    libncurses-tinfo
+  ];
+  postFixup = ''
+    mv $out/include/private/bsddialog/* $out/include
+    rm -rf $out/include/private
+  '';
+}