diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 1e9683df66..f45c20afb6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 ## 1.1.2
 
+Release notes:
+
+* Official FreeBSD binaries are
+  [now available](http://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/install_and_upgrade/#freebsd)
+  [#1253](https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/1253).
+
 Major changes:
 
 * Extensible custom snapshots implemented. These allow you to define snapshots
diff --git a/doc/MAINTAINER_GUIDE.md b/doc/MAINTAINER_GUIDE.md
index 338ab65220..5dca40e7be 100644
--- a/doc/MAINTAINER_GUIDE.md
+++ b/doc/MAINTAINER_GUIDE.md
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 # Maintainer guide
 
-## Next release:
-
-* Integrate FreeBSD binaries and packages
-  [#1253](https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/1253#issuecomment-185993240)
-
 ## Pre-release steps
 
 * Ensure `release` and `stable` branches merged to `master`
@@ -43,11 +38,12 @@
         * Look for any links to "latest" documentation, replace with version tag
         * Ensure all documentation pages listed in `mkdocs.yaml`
     * Check that any new Linux distribution versions added to
-      `etc/scripts/release.hs` and `etc/scripts/vagrant-releases.sh`.
+      `etc/scripts/release.hs` and `etc/scripts/vagrant-releases.sh`
         * [Ubuntu](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases)
         * [Debian](https://www.debian.org/releases/) (keep at least latest two)
         * [CentOS](https://wiki.centos.org/Download)
         * [Fedora](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases)
+    * Check for new FreeBSD release
     * Check that no new entries need to be added to
       [releases.yaml](https://github.com/fpco/stackage-content/blob/master/stack/releases.yaml),
       [install_and_upgrade.md](https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/blob/master/doc/install_and_upgrade.md),
diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index c3d014393f..13310bbd5b 100644
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Downloads are available by operating system:
 * [Arch Linux](install_and_upgrade.md#arch-linux)
 * [NixOS](install_and_upgrade.md#nixos)
 * [Linux (general)](install_and_upgrade.md#linux)
-* [FreeBSD (unofficial)](install_and_upgrade.md#freebsd)
+* [FreeBSD](install_and_upgrade.md#freebsd)
 
 [Upgrade instructions](install_and_upgrade.md#upgrade)
 
diff --git a/doc/install_and_upgrade.md b/doc/install_and_upgrade.md
index 2ddc16a110..8222830507 100644
--- a/doc/install_and_upgrade.md
+++ b/doc/install_and_upgrade.md
@@ -271,6 +271,20 @@ For Gentoo users, make sure to have the `ncurses` package with `USE=tinfo` (with
 
 ## FreeBSD
 
+(only 64-bit currently available, tested on FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE)
+
+* Install required dependencies:
+
+        pkg install devel/gmake perl5 lang/gcc misc/compat8x misc/compat9x converters/libiconv ca_root_nss
+
+* Download the latest release:
+
+    * [FreeBSD 64-bit](https://www.stackage.org/stack/freebsd-x86_64)
+
+* Extract the archive and place `stack` somewhere on your `$PATH` (see [Path section below](#path))
+
+* Now you can run `stack` from the terminal.
+
 An unofficial package repository for FreeBSD 10 (amd64 only) and install
 instructions are available at [http://stack-pkg.applicative.tech](http://stack-pkg.applicative.tech/).  The
 repository is not official and as such might lag behind new releases.  See [issue #1253](https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/1253)
diff --git a/etc/scripts/vagrant-releases.sh b/etc/scripts/vagrant-releases.sh
index e0fd6b3ef7..9c449a75e6 100755
--- a/etc/scripts/vagrant-releases.sh
+++ b/etc/scripts/vagrant-releases.sh
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ set -xe
 "$(dirname "$0")/with-vagrant.sh" debian-7-i386 "--upload-label='Linux 32-bit, standard' $* release"
 "$(dirname "$0")/with-vagrant.sh" centos-6-x86_64 "--binary-variant=gmp4 --upload-label='Linux 64-bit, libgmp4 for CentOS 6.x' $* release"
 "$(dirname "$0")/with-vagrant.sh" centos-6-i386 "--binary-variant=gmp4 --upload-label='Linux 32-bit, libgmp4 for CentOS 6.x' $* release"
+"$(dirname "$0")/with-vagrant.sh" freebsd-10.3-amd64 "--upload-label='FreeBSD 64-bit' $* release" "export LANG=en_US.UTF-8;"
diff --git a/etc/scripts/with-vagrant.sh b/etc/scripts/with-vagrant.sh
index 59f28e57ca..a7ce1a247c 100755
--- a/etc/scripts/with-vagrant.sh
+++ b/etc/scripts/with-vagrant.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ set -xe
 #TODO: set up gpg-agent forwarding for package signing (see http://superuser.com/questions/161973/how-can-i-forward-a-gpg-key-via-ssh-agent).
 gpg --export-secret-keys --armor dev@fpcomplete.com >.stack-work/gpg-secret-key.asc
 cd "etc/vagrant/$1"
+
+# Double 'vagrant up' is a workaround for FreeBSD
+vagrant up || true
 vagrant up
+
 vagrant provision
 vagrant rsync
-vagrant ssh -c "export GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN=$GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN; export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID; export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY; export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=$AWS_DEFAULT_REGION; export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=$AWS_SESSION_TOKEN; gpg --import /vagrant/.stack-work/gpg-secret-key.asc; cd /vagrant && (cd etc/scripts && stack --install-ghc build) && \$(cd etc/scripts && stack exec which stack-release-script) --no-test-haddocks $2"
+vagrant ssh -c "$3 export GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN=$GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN; export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID; export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY; export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=$AWS_DEFAULT_REGION; export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=$AWS_SESSION_TOKEN; gpg --import /vagrant/.stack-work/gpg-secret-key.asc; cd /vagrant && (cd etc/scripts && stack --install-ghc build) && \$(cd etc/scripts && stack exec which stack-release-script) --no-test-haddocks $2"
 vagrant halt
diff --git a/etc/vagrant/freebsd-10.3-amd64/Vagrantfile b/etc/vagrant/freebsd-10.3-amd64/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fac70e6f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/vagrant/freebsd-10.3-amd64/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
+  config.vm.box = "freebsd/FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE"
+  config.vm.synced_folder "../../..", "/vagrant", type: "rsync", rsync__exclude: [".stack-work/", "_release/"], rsync__args: ["--verbose", "--archive", "--delete", "-z"]
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
+    vb.memory = "2048"
+  end
+  config.ssh.forward_agent = true
+  config.ssh.shell = "/bin/sh"
+  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+    set -xe
+    if ! which stack; then
+      mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
+      cd /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
+      fetch --no-verify-peer --no-verify-hostname https://stack-pkg.applicative.tech/stack-pkg-applicative-tech.conf
+      fetch --no-verify-peer --no-verify-hostname https://stack-pkg.applicative.tech/stack-pkg-applicative-tech.pub
+      pkg update
+    fi
+    pkg install -y stack ca_root_nss gmake awscli git gnupg
+  SHELL
+end