diff --git a/lib/functions/froxlor/function.checkCrondConfigurationFile.php b/lib/functions/froxlor/function.checkCrondConfigurationFile.php
index 70b02a07..fe0c081d 100644
--- a/lib/functions/froxlor/function.checkCrondConfigurationFile.php
+++ b/lib/functions/froxlor/function.checkCrondConfigurationFile.php
@@ -32,9 +32,14 @@ function checkCrondConfigurationFile() {
 	if ($num_results > 0) {
 
 		// get all crons and their intervals
-		$cronfile = "# automatically generated cron-configuration by froxlor\n";
-		$cronfile.= "# do not manually edit this file as it will be re-generated periodically.\n";
-		$cronfile.= "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin\n#\n";
+		if (isFreeBSD()) {
+			// FreeBSD does not need a header as we are writing directly to the crontab
+			$cronfile = "\n";
+		} else {
+			$cronfile = "# automatically generated cron-configuration by froxlor\n";
+			$cronfile.= "# do not manually edit this file as it will be re-generated periodically.\n";
+			$cronfile.= "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin\n#\n";
+		}
 
 		// get all the crons
 		$result_stmt = Database::query("
@@ -90,10 +95,37 @@ function checkCrondConfigurationFile() {
 			}
 		}
 
+		if (isFreeBSD()) {
+			// FreeBSD handles the cron-stuff in another way. We need to directly
+			// write to the crontab file as there is not cron.d/froxlor file
+			// (settings for system.cronconfig should be set correctly of course)
+			$crontab = file_get_contents(Settings::Get("system.cronconfig"));
+
+			if ($crontab === false) {
+				die("Oh snap, we cannot read the crontab file. This should not happen.\nPlease check the path and permissions, the cron will keep trying if you don't stop the cron-service.\n\n");
+			}
+
+			// now parse out / replace our entries
+			$crontablines = explode("\n", $crontab);
+			$newcrontab = "";
+			foreach ($crontablines as $ctl) {
+				$ctl = trim($ctl);
+				if (!empty($ctl) && !preg_match("/(.*)froxlor_master_cronjob\.php(.*)/", $ctl)) {
+					$newcrontab .= $ctl."\n";
+				}
+			}
+
+			// re-assemble old-content + new froxlor-content
+			$newcrontab .= $cronfile;
+
+			// now continue with writing the file
+			$cronfile = $newcrontab;
+		}
+
 		// write the file
 		if (file_put_contents(Settings::Get("system.cronconfig"), $cronfile) === false) {
 			// oh snap cannot create new crond-file
-			die("Oh snap, we cannot create the cron.d file. This should not happen.\nPlease check the path and permissions, the cron will keep trying if you don't stop the cron-service.\n\n");
+			die("Oh snap, we cannot create the cron-file. This should not happen.\nPlease check the path and permissions, the cron will keep trying if you don't stop the cron-service.\n\n");
 		}
 		// correct permissions
 		chmod(Settings::Get("system.cronconfig"), 0640);
diff --git a/lng/english.lng.php b/lng/english.lng.php
index 268fa234..6cfd57f8 100644
--- a/lng/english.lng.php
+++ b/lng/english.lng.php
@@ -1800,7 +1800,7 @@ $lng['serversettings']['mtalog']['description'] = "Logfile of the Mail Transfer
 $lng['panel']['ftpdesc'] = 'FTP description';
 $lng['admin']['cronsettings'] = 'Cronjob settings';
 $lng['serversettings']['system_cronconfig']['title'] = 'Cron configuration file';
-$lng['serversettings']['system_cronconfig']['description'] = 'Path to the cron-service configuration-file. This file will be updated regularly and automatically by froxlor.<br />Note: Please <b>be sure</b> to use the same filename as for the main froxlor cronjob (default: /etc/cron.d/froxlor)!';
+$lng['serversettings']['system_cronconfig']['description'] = 'Path to the cron-service configuration-file. This file will be updated regularly and automatically by froxlor.<br />Note: Please <b>be sure</b> to use the same filename as for the main froxlor cronjob (default: /etc/cron.d/froxlor)!<br><br>If you are using <b>FreeBSD</b>, please specify <i>/etc/crontab</i> here!';
 $lng['tasks']['remove_ftpacc_files'] = 'Delete customer ftp-account data.';
 $lng['tasks']['regenerating_crond'] = 'Rebuilding the cron.d-file';
 $lng['serversettings']['system_crondreload']['title'] = 'Cron-daemon reload command';
diff --git a/lng/german.lng.php b/lng/german.lng.php
index 9684fde2..058a85c8 100644
--- a/lng/german.lng.php
+++ b/lng/german.lng.php
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ $lng['serversettings']['mtalog']['description'] = "Die Logdatei des Mail Transfe
 $lng['panel']['ftpdesc'] = 'FTP-Beschreibung';
 $lng['admin']['cronsettings'] = 'Cronjob-Einstellungen';
 $lng['serversettings']['system_cronconfig']['title'] = 'Cron-Konfigurationsdatei';
-$lng['serversettings']['system_cronconfig']['description'] = 'Pfad zur Konfigurationsdatei des Cron-Dienstes. Diese Datei wird von Froxlor automatisch aktualisiert.<br />Hinweis: Bitte verwenden Sie <strong>exakt</strong> die gleiche Datei wie für den Froxlor-Haupt-Cronjob (Standard: /etc/cron.d/froxlor)!';
+$lng['serversettings']['system_cronconfig']['description'] = 'Pfad zur Konfigurationsdatei des Cron-Dienstes. Diese Datei wird von Froxlor automatisch aktualisiert.<br />Hinweis: Bitte verwenden Sie <strong>exakt</strong> die gleiche Datei wie für den Froxlor-Haupt-Cronjob (Standard: /etc/cron.d/froxlor)!<br><br>Wird <b>FreeBSD</b> verwendet, sollte hier <i>/etc/crontab</i> angegeben werden!';
 $lng['tasks']['remove_ftpacc_files'] = 'Kunden FTP-Konto Dateien löschen';
 $lng['tasks']['regenerating_crond'] = 'Neuerstellung der cron.d-Datei';
 $lng['serversettings']['system_crondreload']['title'] = 'Cron-Daemon reload Befehl';