diff --git a/scripts/vagrant/Vagrantfile b/scripts/vagrant/Vagrantfile
index ce9ae8741..b5552d467 100644
--- a/scripts/vagrant/Vagrantfile
+++ b/scripts/vagrant/Vagrantfile
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
   when "freebsd11"
     #See: https://app.vagrantup.com/generic/boxes/freebsd11
     config.vm.box = "generic/freebsd11"
-    if File.file?(File.expand_path("~/vagrant_pkg.conf"))
-      config.vm.provision  "file", source: "~/vagrant_pkg.conf", destination: "pkg.conf"
-      config.vm.provision "shell", inline: "sudo mv pkg.conf /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf"
-      config.vm.provision "shell", inline: "sudo chown root:wheel /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf"
-      config.vm.provision "shell", inline: "sudo chmod 644 /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf"
-    end
   when "freebsd12"
     #See: https://app.vagrantup.com/generic/boxes/freebsd12
     config.vm.box = "generic/freebsd12"
@@ -84,10 +78,26 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
   end
 
   # use http proxy if avaiable
-  if ENV['http_proxy'] && Vagrant.has_plugin?("vagrant-proxyconf")
-   config.proxy.http     = ENV['http_proxy']
-   config.proxy.https    = ENV['https_proxy']
-   config.proxy.no_proxy = "localhost,127.0.0.1"
+  if ENV['http_proxy']
+    if Vagrant.has_plugin?("vagrant-proxyconf")
+      config.proxy.http     = ENV['http_proxy']
+      config.proxy.https    = ENV['https_proxy']
+      config.proxy.no_proxy = "localhost,127.0.0.1"
+    end
+
+    # Proxyconf does not seem to support FreeBSD boxes or at least it's
+    # docs do not mention that. Set up proxy configuration manually.
+    if distro.include?("freebsd")
+      $freebsd_proxy = <<-SCRIPT
+      sudo -s
+      echo "export http_proxy=#{ENV['http_proxy']}" >> /etc/profile
+      echo "export https_proxy=#{ENV['http_proxy']}" >> /etc/profile
+      echo "pkg_env: {http_proxy: #{ENV['http_proxy']}}" > /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf
+      chown root:wheel /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf
+      chmod 644 /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf
+      SCRIPT
+      config.vm.provision "shell", inline: $freebsd_proxy
+    end
   end
 
   vmcpu=(ENV['SPDK_VAGRANT_VMCPU'] || 2)
@@ -126,6 +136,13 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
   config.vm.provider "libvirt" do |libvirt, override|
     libvirt.random_hostname = "1"
     libvirt.disk_bus = "virtio"
+
+    # generic/freebsd boxes need to be explicitly run with SCSI bus,
+    # otherwise boot process fails on mounting the disk
+    if (distro.include?("freebsd"))
+      libvirt.disk_bus = "scsi"
+    end
+
     if not vmemulator.empty?
       libvirt.emulator_path = "#{vmemulator}"
     end
@@ -179,7 +196,8 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
   end
 
   # rsync the spdk directory if provision hasn't happened yet
-  if ENV['COPY_SPDK_DIR'] == "1" && spdk_dir != "none"
+  # Warning: rsync does not work with freebsd boxes, so this step is disabled
+  if ENV['COPY_SPDK_DIR'] == "1" && spdk_dir != "none" && !distro.include?("freebsd")
     config.vm.synced_folder "#{spdk_dir}", "/home/vagrant/spdk_repo/spdk", type: "rsync", rsync__auto: false
   end