diff --git a/cmd/storagenode-updater/restart.go b/cmd/storagenode-updater/restart.go
index ead1c5eb9..9d706084d 100644
--- a/cmd/storagenode-updater/restart.go
+++ b/cmd/storagenode-updater/restart.go
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (C) 2020 Storj Labs, Inc.
 // See LICENSE for copying information.
 
-//go:build !service || (!windows && !linux && service)
-// +build !service !windows,!linux,service
+//go:build !service || (!windows && !linux && !freebsd && !dragonfly && !netbsd && !openbsd && !solaris && !darwin && service)
+// +build !service !windows,!linux,!freebsd,!dragonfly,!netbsd,!openbsd,!solaris,!darwin,service
 
 package main
 
diff --git a/cmd/storagenode-updater/restart_bsd.go b/cmd/storagenode-updater/restart_bsd.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a2291fdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/storagenode-updater/restart_bsd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2020 Storj Labs, Inc.
+// See LICENSE for copying information.
+
+//go:build service && (darwin || freebsd || dragonfly || netbsd || openbsd || solaris)
+// +build service
+// +build darwin freebsd dragonfly netbsd openbsd solaris
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/zeebo/errs"
+)
+
+func cmdRestart(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func restartService(ctx context.Context, service, binaryLocation, newVersionPath, backupPath string) error {
+	if err := os.Rename(binaryLocation, backupPath); err != nil {
+		return errs.Wrap(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := os.Rename(newVersionPath, binaryLocation); err != nil {
+		return errs.Combine(err, os.Rename(backupPath, binaryLocation), os.Remove(newVersionPath))
+	}
+
+	if service == updaterServiceName {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	if err := stopProcess(service); err != nil {
+		err = errs.New("error stopping %s service: %v", service, err)
+		return errs.Combine(err, os.Rename(backupPath, binaryLocation))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func stopProcess(service string) (err error) {
+	pid, err := getServicePID(service)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	p, err := os.FindProcess(pid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return p.Signal(os.Interrupt)
+}
+
+func getServicePID(service string) (int, error) {
+	args := []string{
+		"-n", // only return the newest process (though we expect only one to be running)
+		"-x", // match the whole name
+		service,
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.Command("pgrep", args...)
+
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errs.New("Error retrieving service pid: pgrep: %s %v", string(out), err)
+	}
+
+	trimmed := strings.TrimSuffix(string(out), "\n")
+
+	pid, err := strconv.Atoi(trimmed)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	return pid, nil
+}