diff --git a/.cirrus-ci/pkg-install.sh b/.cirrus-ci/pkg-install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..bcb78119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cirrus-ci/pkg-install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+start_time=$(date +%s)
+pkg install -y "$@" && exit 0
+
+cat <<EOF
+pkg install failed after $(($(date +%s) - $start_time))s
+
+dmesg tail:
+$(dmesg | tail)
+
+trying again
+EOF
+
+start_time=$(date +%s)
+pkg install -y "$@" && exit 0
+
+cat <<EOF
+second pkg install failed after $(($(date +%s) - $start_time))s
+EOF
+exit 1
diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14739f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+compute_engine_instance:
+  # Image list available via
+  # gcloud compute images list --project freebsd-org-cloud-dev --no-standard-images
+  platform: freebsd
+  image_project: freebsd-org-cloud-dev
+  image: freebsd-13-0-release-amd64
+  cpu: 2
+  memory: 8G
+
+task:
+  name: Nightly Build
+  env:
+    CC: clang
+    CFLAGS: '-O2 -g -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -flto -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-stack-protector -pipe'
+  timeout_in: 120m
+  install_script:
+    - sh .cirrus-ci/pkg-install.sh cmake ninja pkgconf libXt libX11 libXinerama libXtst libxcb libxkbcommon libxkbfile git
+  script:
+    - mkdir build
+    - cmake -B build -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DBUILD_DEMO=ON
+    - cmake --build ./build