diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 5f97578..e826932 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@ default['postfix']['mail_type']  = 'client'
 default['postfix']['relayhost_role'] = 'relayhost'
 default['postfix']['multi_environment_relay'] = false
 default['postfix']['use_procmail'] = false
-default['postfix']['use_alias_maps'] = false
+default['postfix']['use_alias_maps'] = (node['platform'] == 'freebsd')
 default['postfix']['use_transport_maps'] = false
 default['postfix']['use_access_maps'] = false
 default['postfix']['use_virtual_aliases'] = false
 default['postfix']['use_virtual_aliases_domains'] = false
-default['postfix']['aliases'] = {}
 default['postfix']['transports'] = {}
 default['postfix']['access'] = {}
 default['postfix']['virtual_aliases'] = {}
@@ -48,6 +47,13 @@ when 'smartos'
   default['postfix']['access_db'] = '/opt/local/etc/postfix/access'
   default['postfix']['virtual_alias_db'] = '/opt/local/etc/postfix/virtual'
   default['postfix']['virtual_alias_domains_db'] = '/opt/local/etc/postfix/virtual_domains'
+when 'freebsd'
+  default['postfix']['conf_dir'] = '/usr/local/etc/postfix'
+  default['postfix']['aliases_db'] = '/etc/aliases'
+  default['postfix']['transport_db'] = '/usr/local/etc/postfix/transport'
+  default['postfix']['access_db'] = '/usr/local/etc/postfix/access'
+  default['postfix']['virtual_alias_db'] = '/usr/local/etc/postfix/virtual'
+  default['postfix']['virtual_alias_domains_db'] = '/usr/local/etc/postfix/virtual_domains'
 when 'omnios'
   default['postfix']['conf_dir'] = '/opt/omni/etc/postfix'
   default['postfix']['aliases_db'] = '/opt/omni/etc/postfix/aliases'
@@ -106,3 +112,26 @@ end
 
 # Master.cf attributes
 default['postfix']['master']['submission'] = false
+
+
+# OS Aliases
+case node['platform']
+when 'freebsd'
+  default['postfix']['aliases'] = {
+    'MAILER-DAEMON' =>  'postmaster',
+    'bin' =>            'root',
+    'daemon' =>         'root',
+    'named' =>          'root',
+    'nobody' =>         'root',
+    'uucp' =>           'root',
+    'www' =>            'root',
+    'ftp-bugs' =>       'root',
+    'postfix' =>        'root',
+    'manager' =>        'root',
+    'dumper' =>         'root',
+    'operator' =>       'root',
+    'abuse' =>          'postmaster'
+  }
+else
+  default['postfix']['aliases'] = {}
+end
diff --git a/recipes/_common.rb b/recipes/_common.rb
index 32ff8bc..c91483a 100644
--- a/recipes/_common.rb
+++ b/recipes/_common.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ when 'omnios'
   template manifest_path  do
     source 'manifest-postfix.xml.erb'
     owner 'root'
-    group 'root'
+    group node['root_group']
     mode '0644'
     notifies :run, 'execute[load postfix manifest]', :immediately
   end
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ end
 unless node['postfix']['sender_canonical_map_entries'].empty?
   template "#{node['postfix']['conf_dir']}/sender_canonical" do
     owner 'root'
-    group 0
+    group node['root_group']
     mode '0644'
     notifies :run, 'execute[update-postfix-sender_canonical]'
     notifies :reload, 'service[postfix]'
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ end
 unless node['postfix']['smtp_generic_map_entries'].empty?
   template "#{node['postfix']['conf_dir']}/smtp_generic" do
     owner 'root'
-    group 0
+    group node['root_group']
     mode  '0644'
     notifies :run, 'execute[update-postfix-smtp_generic]'
     notifies :reload, 'service[postfix]'
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ end
   template "#{node['postfix']['conf_dir']}/#{cfg}.cf" do
     source "#{cfg}.cf.erb"
     owner 'root'
-    group 0
+    group node['root_group']
     mode '0644'
     notifies :restart, 'service[postfix]'
     variables(settings: node['postfix'][cfg])
diff --git a/recipes/aliases.rb b/recipes/aliases.rb
index 0153ba5..1897514 100644
--- a/recipes/aliases.rb
+++ b/recipes/aliases.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ include_recipe 'postfix::_common'
 execute 'update-postfix-aliases' do
   command 'newaliases'
   environment PATH: "#{ENV['PATH']}:/opt/omni/bin:/opt/omni/sbin" if platform_family?('omnios')
+  # On FreeBSD, /usr/sbin/newaliases is the sendmail command, and it's in the path before postfix's /usr/local/bin/newaliases
+  environment ({ "PATH" => "/usr/local/bin:#{ENV['PATH']}" }) if platform_family?('freebsd')
   action :nothing
 end
 
diff --git a/recipes/sasl_auth.rb b/recipes/sasl_auth.rb
index 885d187..bf47568 100644
--- a/recipes/sasl_auth.rb
+++ b/recipes/sasl_auth.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ end
 template node['postfix']['sasl_password_file'] do
   source 'sasl_passwd.erb'
   owner 'root'
-  group 'root'
+  group node['root_group']
   mode 0400
   notifies :run, 'execute[postmap-sasl_passwd]', :immediately
   notifies :restart, 'service[postfix]'