diff --git a/roles/home-gui/files/xsession b/roles/home-gui/files/xsession
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb29c9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/home-gui/files/xsession
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin
+exec ck-launch-session mate-session
diff --git a/roles/home-gui/tasks/mate.yml b/roles/home-gui/tasks/mate.yml
index af9ae51..dc2467e 100644
--- a/roles/home-gui/tasks/mate.yml
+++ b/roles/home-gui/tasks/mate.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,8 @@
     key: /org/mate/panel/objects/clock/prefs/expand-locations
     value: 'true'
   when: ansible_system == 'Linux'
+- name: Create xsession file
+  copy:
+    src: xsession
+    dest: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.xsession"
+  when: ansible_system == "FreeBSD"