diff --git a/qga/commands-posix.c b/qga/commands-posix.c
index b0b467ebdb..e0ee0bea00 100644
--- a/qga/commands-posix.c
+++ b/qga/commands-posix.c
@@ -2122,7 +2122,9 @@ int64_t qmp_guest_set_vcpus(GuestLogicalProcessorList *vcpus, Error **errp)
 
     return processed;
 }
+#endif /* __linux__ */
 
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
 void qmp_guest_set_user_password(const char *username,
                                  const char *password,
                                  bool crypted,
@@ -2156,10 +2158,15 @@ void qmp_guest_set_user_password(const char *username,
         goto out;
     }
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+    chpasswddata = g_strdup(rawpasswddata);
+    passwd_path = g_find_program_in_path("pw");
+#else
     chpasswddata = g_strdup_printf("%s:%s\n", username, rawpasswddata);
-    chpasswdlen = strlen(chpasswddata);
-
     passwd_path = g_find_program_in_path("chpasswd");
+#endif
+
+    chpasswdlen = strlen(chpasswddata);
 
     if (!passwd_path) {
         error_setg(errp, "cannot find 'passwd' program in PATH");
@@ -2180,11 +2187,17 @@ void qmp_guest_set_user_password(const char *username,
         reopen_fd_to_null(1);
         reopen_fd_to_null(2);
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+        const char *h_arg;
+        h_arg = (crypted) ? "-H" : "-h";
+        execl(passwd_path, "pw", "usermod", "-n", username, h_arg, "0", NULL);
+#else
         if (crypted) {
             execl(passwd_path, "chpasswd", "-e", NULL);
         } else {
             execl(passwd_path, "chpasswd", NULL);
         }
+#endif
         _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     } else if (pid < 0) {
         error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "failed to create child process");
@@ -2227,7 +2240,17 @@ out:
         close(datafd[1]);
     }
 }
+#else /* __linux__ || __FreeBSD__ */
+void qmp_guest_set_user_password(const char *username,
+                                 const char *password,
+                                 bool crypted,
+                                 Error **errp)
+{
+    error_setg(errp, QERR_UNSUPPORTED);
+}
+#endif /* __linux__ || __FreeBSD__ */
 
+#ifdef __linux__
 static void ga_read_sysfs_file(int dirfd, const char *pathname, char *buf,
                                int size, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -2764,14 +2787,6 @@ int64_t qmp_guest_set_vcpus(GuestLogicalProcessorList *vcpus, Error **errp)
     return -1;
 }
 
-void qmp_guest_set_user_password(const char *username,
-                                 const char *password,
-                                 bool crypted,
-                                 Error **errp)
-{
-    error_setg(errp, QERR_UNSUPPORTED);
-}
-
 GuestMemoryBlockList *qmp_guest_get_memory_blocks(Error **errp)
 {
     error_setg(errp, QERR_UNSUPPORTED);