diff --git a/src/syscall/exec_freebsd.go b/src/syscall/exec_freebsd.go
index af5a4158f04fec..818101ea987804 100644
--- a/src/syscall/exec_freebsd.go
+++ b/src/syscall/exec_freebsd.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type SysProcAttr struct {
 	Foreground bool
 	Pgid       int    // Child's process group ID if Setpgid.
 	Pdeathsig  Signal // Signal that the process will get when its parent dies (Linux and FreeBSD only)
+	Jail       int    // Jail to which the child process is attached (FreeBSD only).
 }
 
 const (
@@ -99,6 +100,15 @@ func forkAndExecInChild(argv0 *byte, argv, envv []*byte, chroot, dir *byte, attr
 
 	// Fork succeeded, now in child.
 
+	// Attach to the given jail, if any. The system call also changes the
+	// process' root and working directories to the jail's path directory.
+	if sys.Jail > 0 {
+		_, _, err1 = RawSyscall(SYS_JAIL_ATTACH, uintptr(sys.Jail), 0, 0)
+		if err1 != 0 {
+			goto childerror
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Enable tracing if requested.
 	if sys.Ptrace {
 		_, _, err1 = RawSyscall(SYS_PTRACE, uintptr(PTRACE_TRACEME), 0, 0)
diff --git a/src/syscall/exec_freebsd_test.go b/src/syscall/exec_freebsd_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..edc71bc45ed450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/syscall/exec_freebsd_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+//go:build freebsd
+
+package syscall_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"internal/testenv"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"syscall"
+	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+const (
+	flagJailCreate = uintptr(0x1)
+)
+
+func prepareJail(t *testing.T) (int, string, func()) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	root, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "jail_attach")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	paramPath := []byte("path\x00")
+	conf := make([]syscall.Iovec, 4)
+	conf[0].Base = &paramPath[0]
+	conf[0].SetLen(len(paramPath))
+	p, err := syscall.BytePtrFromString(root)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	conf[1].Base = p
+	conf[1].SetLen(len(root) + 1)
+
+	paramPersist := []byte("persist\x00")
+	conf[2].Base = &paramPersist[0]
+	conf[2].SetLen(8)
+	conf[3].Base = nil
+	conf[3].SetLen(0)
+
+	id, _, err1 := syscall.Syscall(syscall.SYS_JAIL_SET,
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&conf[0])), uintptr(len(conf)), flagJailCreate)
+	if err1 != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("jail_set: %v", err1)
+	}
+
+	return int(id), root, func() {
+		_, _, err1 := syscall.Syscall(syscall.SYS_JAIL_REMOVE, id, 0, 0)
+		if err1 != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("failed to cleanup jail: %v", err)
+		}
+		err := os.RemoveAll(root)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("failed to cleanup temporary fail root: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJailAttach(t *testing.T) {
+	// Make sure we are running as root, so we have permissions to create
+	// and remove jails.
+	if os.Getuid() != 0 {
+		t.Skip("kernel prohibits jail system calls in unprivileged process")
+	}
+
+	jid, root, cleanup := prepareJail(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	// Since jail attach does an implicit chroot to the jail's path,
+	// we need the binary there, and it must be statically linked.
+	x := filepath.Join(root, "syscall.test")
+	cmd := exec.Command(testenv.GoToolPath(t), "test", "-c", "-o", x, "syscall")
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "CGO_ENABLED=0")
+	if o, err := cmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Build of syscall in jail root failed, output %v, err %v", o, err)
+	}
+
+	cmd = exec.Command("/syscall.test", "-test.run=TestJailAttachHelper", "/")
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GO_WANT_HELPER_PROCESS=1")
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{Jail: jid}
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Cmd failed with err %v, output: %s", err, out)
+	}
+	if !bytes.HasSuffix(bytes.TrimSpace(out), []byte("1")) {
+		t.Fatalf("got: %q, want: a line that ends with 1", out)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestJailAttachHelper isn't a real test. It's used as a helper process for
+// TestJailAttach
+func TestJailAttachHelper(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getenv("GO_WANT_HELPER_PROCESS") != "1" {
+		return
+	}
+	defer os.Exit(0)
+
+	jailed, err := syscall.SysctlUint32("security.jail.jailed")
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+		os.Exit(2)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(jailed)
+	// TODO: should we check, whether we are in the correct jail?
+	//       This would have to be done by the parent process.
+}