From dee5bd3b2ed69bf285a240cf3463c59eb1713c89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Hooker <mwhooker@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:47:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] freebsd > 9 required note.

---
 website/source/downloads.html.erb | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/website/source/downloads.html.erb b/website/source/downloads.html.erb
index 0b975246ab7..12c8b80613e 100644
--- a/website/source/downloads.html.erb
+++ b/website/source/downloads.html.erb
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ description: |-
               <li><a href="<%= url %>"><%= pretty_arch(arch) %></a></li>
             <% end %>
           </ul>
+          <% if os == "freebsd" %>
+            <div class="alert alert-info">
+              Note: At least <code>FreeBSD 10-STABLE</code> is required to run Packer.
+              If you'd like to run on an earlier version, please
+              <a href="/docs/install/index.html#compiling-from-source">compile Packer yourself</a>
+              using the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/FreeBSD">correct version of Go</a>.
+            </div>
+          <% end %>
           <div class="clearfix"></div>
         </div>
       </div>