diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/sysctl/augeas.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/sysctl/augeas.rb
index a1714bd..10a9112 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/sysctl/augeas.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/sysctl/augeas.rb
@@ -77,12 +77,14 @@ def self.instances(reference_resource = nil)
     # Grab everything else
     resources ||= []
 
+    sysctl_all_args = '-a'
     sep = '='
+
     if Facter.value(:kernel) == 'FreeBSD'
-      sep = ':'
+      sysctl_all_args = '-aeW'
     end
 
-    sysctl('-a').each_line do |line|
+    sysctl(sysctl_all_args).each_line do |line|
       line = line.force_encoding("US-ASCII").scrub("")
       value = line.split(sep)