diff --git a/src/Cedar/VLanUnix.c b/src/Cedar/VLanUnix.c
index b4ae5f35..1bc5c73e 100644
--- a/src/Cedar/VLanUnix.c
+++ b/src/Cedar/VLanUnix.c
@@ -569,12 +569,40 @@ void UnixCloseTapDevice(int fd)
 	close(fd);
 }
 
+// Destroy the tap device (for FreeBSD)
+// FreeBSD tap device is still plumbed after closing fd so need to destroy after close
+void UnixDestroyTapDevice(char *name)
+{
+#ifdef UNIX_BSD
+	struct ifreq ifr;
+	char eth_name[MAX_SIZE];
+	int s;
+
+	Zero(&ifr, sizeof(ifr));
+	GenerateTunName(name, UNIX_VLAN_IFACE_PREFIX, eth_name, sizeof(eth_name));
+	StrCpy(ifr.ifr_name, sizeof(ifr.ifr_name), eth_name);
+
+	s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+	if (s == -1)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+	ioctl(s, SIOCIFDESTROY, &ifr);
+
+	close(s);
+#endif	// UNIX_BSD
+}
+
 #else	// NO_VLAN
 
 void UnixCloseTapDevice(int fd)
 {
 }
 
+void UnixDestroyTapDevice(char *name)
+{
+}
+
 int UnixCreateTapDeviceEx(char *name, char *prefix, UCHAR *mac_address, bool create_up)
 {
 	return -1;
@@ -769,6 +797,9 @@ void UnixVLanDelete(char *name)
 		if (t != NULL)
 		{
 			UnixCloseTapDevice(t->fd);
+#ifdef UNIX_BSD
+			UnixDestroyTapDevice(t->Name);
+#endif
 			Delete(unix_vlan, t);
 			Free(t);
 		}
@@ -815,6 +846,9 @@ void UnixVLanFree()
 		UNIX_VLAN_LIST *t = LIST_DATA(unix_vlan, i);
 
 		UnixCloseTapDevice(t->fd);
+#ifdef	UNIX_BSD
+		UnixDestroyTapDevice(t->Name);
+#endif
 		Free(t);
 	}