diff --git a/other/travis/env-freebsd.sh b/other/travis/env-freebsd.sh
index 16e93467..f9aa0cbf 100644
--- a/other/travis/env-freebsd.sh
+++ b/other/travis/env-freebsd.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ NPROC=`nproc`
 CURDIR=/root
 RUN_TESTS=true
 MAKE=gmake
+# A lot of tests fail and run for the full 2 minutes allowed, resulting in
+# Travis build timing out, so we restrict it to just 1 test run until enough
+# tests are fixed so that they succeed and don't run the full 2 minutes.
+MAX_TEST_RETRIES=1
 
 SCREEN_SESSION=freebsd
 SSH_PORT=10022
diff --git a/other/travis/toxcore-script b/other/travis/toxcore-script
index e8d31d4e..4f5a58ea 100755
--- a/other/travis/toxcore-script
+++ b/other/travis/toxcore-script
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ export CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE=1
 
 RUN $MAKE -C$BUILD_DIR -j$NPROC -k install
 if $RUN_TESTS; then
-  TESTS $MAX_TEST_RETRIES make -C$BUILD_DIR -j$NPROC test ARGS="--rerun-failed"
+  TESTS $MAX_TEST_RETRIES $MAKE -C$BUILD_DIR -j$NPROC test ARGS="--rerun-failed" CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE="$CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE"
 fi