diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 63b22ba43..fd95238bb 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 freebsd_instance:
   image: freebsd-12-0-release-amd64
 
+env:
+  RUST_BACKTRACE=1
+
 freebsd_task:
   name: $TOOLCHAIN x86_64-unknown-freebsd
   env:
@@ -12,3 +15,5 @@ freebsd_task:
     - sh rustup.sh -y --default-toolchain $TOOLCHAIN
   build_script:
     - $HOME/.cargo/bin/rustup run $TOOLCHAIN cargo build
+  test_script:
+    - $HOME/.cargo/bin/rustup run $TOOLCHAIN cargo test --features skip-nightly-tests