diff --git a/.github/workflows/bsd.yml b/.github/workflows/bsd.yml
index 1439e8cc89..cd9c8638f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bsd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bsd.yml
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ jobs:
           echo "=============== FreeBSD End install ====================="
 
         run: |
+          set -e
           echo "=============== FreeBSD Start Deps ====================="
           ./ci/common.deps.sh && echo "=============== FreeBSD Deps Success ====================="
           echo "=============== FreeBSD Start Build ====================="
-          ./ci/freebsd.build.sh && echo "=============== FreeBSD Build Success ====================="
+          ./ci/freebsd.build.sh
+          echo "=============== FreeBSD Build Success ====================="
           echo "=============== FreeBSD End Build ====================="
diff --git a/ci/freebsd.build.sh b/ci/freebsd.build.sh
index 5b3f209a41..80bf84f980 100755
--- a/ci/freebsd.build.sh
+++ b/ci/freebsd.build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash -e
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# The options have to be set here, not on the shebang line: env(1) does not
+# split its first operand, so "#!/usr/bin/env bash -e" looks for a program
+# literally named "bash -e" and exits 127 before running a single line.
+# Note that bash is /usr/local/bin/bash on FreeBSD, hence env rather than the
+# "#!/bin/bash -e" the other ci/*.build.sh use.
+set -e
 
 export SCORE_DIR=$PWD