diff --git a/setup/test.py b/setup/test.py
index 1022b73066..5225042e61 100644
--- a/setup/test.py
+++ b/setup/test.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import unittest
 
-from setup import SRC, Command, islinux, ismacos, iswindows
+from setup import SRC, Command, isbsd, islinux, ismacos, iswindows
 
 TEST_MODULES = frozenset('srv db polish opf css docx cfi matcher icu smartypants build misc dbcli ebooks'.split())
 
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ class TestImports(unittest.TestCase):
             exclude_modules |= {
                     'calibre.linux',
                     'calibre.utils.linux_trash', 'calibre.utils.open_with.linux',
-                    'calibre.gui2.linux_file_dialogs', 'calibre.devices.usbms.hal',
+                    'calibre.gui2.linux_file_dialogs',
             }
+        if not isbsd:
+            exclude_modules.add('calibre.devices.usbms.hal')
         self.assertGreater(self.base_check(os.path.join(SRC, 'odf'), exclude_packages, exclude_modules), 10)
         base = os.path.join(SRC, 'calibre')
         self.assertGreater(self.base_check(base, exclude_packages, exclude_modules), 1000)