diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 287793c0..35a62d2b 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
       <!-- FIX -->
       <action type="fix" dev="markt" due-to="Alex Dupre and Michael Osipov">jsvc. Fix a regression in 1.5.1 that exposed long standing bugs around the locking and unlocking of pid files. Also fix the locking/unlocking bugs.</action>
       <!-- ADD -->
+      <action dev="michaelo" type="add">
+        jsvc. Use FreeBSD's setproctitle(3) to pass -procname similar to daemon(8).
+      </action>
       <!-- UPDATE -->
       <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Bump org.apache.commons:commons-parent from 93 to 96.</action>
     </release>
diff --git a/src/native/unix/native/jsvc-unix.c b/src/native/unix/native/jsvc-unix.c
index b362e8f7..5d31797c 100644
--- a/src/native/unix/native/jsvc-unix.c
+++ b/src/native/unix/native/jsvc-unix.c
@@ -1374,6 +1374,11 @@ static int run_controller(arg_data *args, home_data *data, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
            to the child, and wait for it to die */
         controlled = pid;
 
+#ifdef OS_FREEBSD
+        /* Rename controller process to include JVM child PID */
+        setproctitle("%s[%d]", args->procname, pid);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef OS_CYGWIN
         SetTerm(cygwincontroller);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/jsvc.xml b/src/site/xdoc/jsvc.xml
index 95a60fb2..15492cb0 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/jsvc.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/jsvc.xml
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Where options include:
     -javaagent:&lt;jarpath&gt;[=&lt;options&gt;]
         load Java programming language agent, see java.lang.instrument
     -procname &lt;procname&gt;
-        use the specified process name (works only for Linux)
+        use the specified process name (works only for Linux and FreeBSD)
     -wait &lt;waittime&gt;
         wait waittime seconds for the service to start
         waittime should multiple of 10 (min=10)