diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bf62195c..2ab59fa3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Terminfo support for extended capabilities
 - Allow mouse presses and beginning of mouse selection in padding
 - Windows: Conpty backend could close immediately on startup in certain situations
+- FreeBSD: SpawnNewInstance will now open new instances in the shell's current
+    working directory as long as linprocfs(5) is mounted on `/compat/linux/proc`
 
 ## Version 0.2.9
 
diff --git a/src/event.rs b/src/event.rs
index 75d27d36..cc26bf22 100644
--- a/src/event.rs
+++ b/src/event.rs
@@ -172,7 +172,11 @@ impl<'a, N: Notify + 'a> input::ActionContext for ActionContext<'a, N> {
 
         #[cfg(unix)]
         let args = {
-            if let Ok(path) = fs::read_link(format!("/proc/{}/cwd", unsafe { tty::PID })) {
+            #[cfg(not(target_os = "freebsd"))]
+            let proc_prefix = "";
+            #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
+            let proc_prefix = "/compat/linux";
+            if let Ok(path) = fs::read_link(format!("{}/proc/{}/cwd", proc_prefix, unsafe { tty::PID })) {
                 vec!["--working-directory".into(), path]
             } else {
                 Vec::new()