diff --git a/ansible/roles/base/tasks/freebsd.yaml b/ansible/roles/base/tasks/freebsd.yaml
index c8c33d8..bea6e27 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/base/tasks/freebsd.yaml
+++ b/ansible/roles/base/tasks/freebsd.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+- name: Install packages
+  package:
+    name:
+      - rsync
+      - bash
+      - tmux
+      - lsof
+      - mg
+      - htop
+      - tree
+      - curl
+      - pstree
+      - ncdu
+    state: present
+
 - name: See if the alacritty termcap has been added
   lineinfile:
     name: /usr/share/misc/termcap
diff --git a/ansible/roles/blank/tasks/freebsd.yaml b/ansible/roles/blank/tasks/freebsd.yaml
index e69de29..b417174 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/blank/tasks/freebsd.yaml
+++ b/ansible/roles/blank/tasks/freebsd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# - name: Install packages
+#   package:
+#     name:
+#       - foo
+#     state: present
diff --git a/ansible/roles/blank/tasks/linux.yaml b/ansible/roles/blank/tasks/linux.yaml
index e69de29..e1835f0 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/blank/tasks/linux.yaml
+++ b/ansible/roles/blank/tasks/linux.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# - name: Install packages
+#   pacman:
+#     name:
+#       - foo
+#     state: present
+#     update_cache: true