diff --git a/widgets/bat_freebsd.lua b/widgets/bat_freebsd.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c87dbfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/widgets/bat_freebsd.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+-- {{{ Grab environment
+local setmetatable = setmetatable
+local tonumber = tonumber
+local io = { popen = io.popen }
+local math = { floor = math.floor }
+local helpers = require("vicious.helpers")
+local string = {
+    gmatch = string.gmatch,
+    match = string.match,
+    format = string.format
+
+}
+-- }}}
+local bat_freebsd = {}
+
+local function worker(format, warg)
+    local battery = warg or "batt"
+    local bat_info = {}
+    local f = io.popen("acpiconf -i " .. helpers.shellquote(battery))
+    for line in f:lines("*line") do
+        for key,value in string.gmatch(line, "(.+):%s+(.+)") do
+            bat_info[key] = value
+        end
+    end
+    f:close()
+
+    -- current state
+    local state
+    if bat_info["State"] == "high" then
+        state =  "↯"
+    elseif bat_info["State"] == "charging" then
+        state = "+"
+    elseif bat_info["State"] == "discharging" then
+        state = "-"
+    else
+        state = "⌁"
+    end
+
+    -- battery capacity in percent
+    local percent = tonumber(string.match(bat_info["Remaining capacity"], "[%d]+"))
+
+    -- use remaining (charging or discharging) time calculated by acpiconf
+    local time = bat_info["Remaining time"]
+    if time == "unknown" then
+        time = "∞"
+    end
+
+    -- calculate wear level from (last full / design) capacity
+    local wear = "N/A"
+    if bat_info["Last full capacity"] and bat_info["Design capacity"] then
+        local l_full =  tonumber(string.match(bat_info["Last full capacity"], "[%d]+"))
+        local design = tonumber(string.match(bat_info["Design capacity"], "[%d]+"))
+        wear = math.floor(100 - (l_full / design * 100))
+    end
+
+    -- dis-/charging rate as presented by battery
+    local rate = string.match(bat_info["Present rate"], "([%d]+)%smW")
+    rate = string.format("%2.1f", tonumber(rate / 1000))
+
+    -- returns
+    --  * state (high "↯", discharging "-", charging "+", N/A "⌁" }
+    --  * remaining_capacity (percent)
+    --  * remaining_time, by battery
+    --  * wear level (percent)
+    --  * present_rate (mW)
+    return {state, percent, time, wear, rate}
+end
+
+return setmetatable(bat_freebsd, { __call = function(_, ...) return worker(...) end })
diff --git a/widgets/bat.lua b/widgets/bat_linux.lua
similarity index 96%
rename from widgets/bat.lua
rename to widgets/bat_linux.lua
index 1f491d9..66f5b17 100644
--- a/widgets/bat.lua
+++ b/widgets/bat_linux.lua
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ local math = {
 
 -- Bat: provides state, charge, remaining time, and wear for a requested battery
 -- vicious.widgets.bat
-local bat = {}
+local bat_linux = {}
 
 
 -- {{{ Battery widget type
@@ -91,4 +91,4 @@ local function worker(format, warg)
 end
 -- }}}
 
-return setmetatable(bat, { __call = function(_, ...) return worker(...) end })
+return setmetatable(bat_linux, { __call = function(_, ...) return worker(...) end })