diff --git a/.ci/install-freebsd.sh b/.ci/install-freebsd.sh
index 04efc6c0e9..4106a10168 100755
--- a/.ci/install-freebsd.sh
+++ b/.ci/install-freebsd.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pkg info # debug
 pkg install "llvm$LLVM_COMPILER_VER"
 
 # Mandatory dependencies (qtX-base is pulled via qtX-multimedia)
-pkg install git ccache cmake ninja "qt$QT_VER_MAIN-multimedia" "qt$QT_VER_MAIN-svg" glew openal-soft ffmpeg
+pkg install git ccache cmake ninja "qt$QT_VER_MAIN-multimedia" "qt$QT_VER_MAIN-svg" glew openal-soft ffmpeg pcre2
 
 # Optional dependencies (libevdev is pulled by qtX-base)
 pkg install pkgconf alsa-lib pulseaudio sdl3 evdev-proto vulkan-headers vulkan-loader opencv