diff --git a/tests/qtest/readconfig-test.c b/tests/qtest/readconfig-test.c
index 2160603880..918d45684b 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/readconfig-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/readconfig-test.c
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ static void test_x86_memdev(void)
     qtest_quit(qts);
 }
 
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPICE
+/* FIXME: The test is currently broken on FreeBSD */
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPICE) && !defined(__FreeBSD__)
 static void test_spice_resp(QObject *res)
 {
     Visitor *v;
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         qtest_add_func("readconfig/x86/memdev", test_x86_memdev);
         qtest_add_func("readconfig/x86/ich9-ehci-uhci", test_docs_config_ich9);
     }
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPICE
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPICE) && !defined(__FreeBSD__)
     qtest_add_func("readconfig/spice", test_spice);
 #endif