diff --git a/config/zfs-build.m4 b/config/zfs-build.m4
index 305d0c6936..cd5996c042 100644
--- a/config/zfs-build.m4
+++ b/config/zfs-build.m4
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_DEBUG_ENABLE], [
 	DEBUG_CPPFLAGS="-DDEBUG -UNDEBUG"
 	DEBUG_LDFLAGS=""
 	DEBUG_ZFS="_with_debug"
+	WITH_DEBUG="true"
 	AC_DEFINE(ZFS_DEBUG, 1, [zfs debugging enabled])
 
 	KERNEL_DEBUG_CFLAGS="-Werror"
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_DEBUG_DISABLE], [
 	DEBUG_CPPFLAGS="-UDEBUG -DNDEBUG"
 	DEBUG_LDFLAGS=""
 	DEBUG_ZFS="_without_debug"
+	WITH_DEBUG=""
 
 	KERNEL_DEBUG_CFLAGS=""
 	KERNEL_DEBUG_CPPFLAGS="-UDEBUG -DNDEBUG"
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_DEBUG], [
 	AC_SUBST(DEBUG_CPPFLAGS)
 	AC_SUBST(DEBUG_LDFLAGS)
 	AC_SUBST(DEBUG_ZFS)
+	AC_SUBST(WITH_DEBUG)
 
 	AC_SUBST(KERNEL_DEBUG_CFLAGS)
 	AC_SUBST(KERNEL_DEBUG_CPPFLAGS)
@@ -152,6 +155,39 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_DEBUG_KMEM_TRACKING], [
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([$enable_debug_kmem_tracking])
 ])
 
+AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_DEBUG_INVARIANTS_DETECT_FREEBSD], [
+	AS_IF([sysctl -n kern.conftxt | fgrep -qx $'options\tINVARIANTS'],
+		[enable_invariants="yes"],
+		[enable_invariants="no"])
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_DEBUG_INVARIANTS_DETECT], [
+	AM_COND_IF([BUILD_FREEBSD],
+		[ZFS_AC_DEBUG_INVARIANTS_DETECT_FREEBSD],
+		[enable_invariants="no"])
+])
+
+dnl #
+dnl # Detected for the running kernel by default, enables INVARIANTS features
+dnl # in the FreeBSD kernel module.  This feature must be used when building
+dnl # for a FreeBSD kernel with "options INVARIANTS" in the KERNCONF and must
+dnl # not be used when the INVARIANTS option is absent.
+dnl #
+AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_DEBUG_INVARIANTS], [
+	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether FreeBSD kernel INVARIANTS checks are enabled])
+	AC_ARG_ENABLE([invariants],
+		[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-invariants],
+		[Enable FreeBSD kernel INVARIANTS checks [[default: detect]]])],
+		[], [ZFS_AC_DEBUG_INVARIANTS_DETECT])
+
+	AS_IF([test "x$enable_invariants" = xyes],
+		[WITH_INVARIANTS="true"],
+		[WITH_INVARIANTS=""])
+	AC_SUBST(WITH_INVARIANTS)
+
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([$enable_invariants])
+])
+
 AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_CONFIG_ALWAYS], [
 	AX_COUNT_CPUS([])
 	AC_SUBST(CPU_COUNT)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b2d88554ed..07f590b390 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ ZFS_AC_DEBUG
 ZFS_AC_DEBUGINFO
 ZFS_AC_DEBUG_KMEM
 ZFS_AC_DEBUG_KMEM_TRACKING
+ZFS_AC_DEBUG_INVARIANTS
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	Makefile
diff --git a/module/Makefile.in b/module/Makefile.in
index 69caf48570..089b3ff884 100644
--- a/module/Makefile.in
+++ b/module/Makefile.in
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ check:
 	modules_uninstall modules_uninstall-Linux modules_uninstall-FreeBSD \
 	cppcheck cppcheck-Linux cppcheck-FreeBSD
 
+# For FreeBSD, use debug options from ./configure if not overridden.
+export WITH_DEBUG ?= @WITH_DEBUG@
+export WITH_INVARIANTS ?= @WITH_INVARIANTS@
+
 # Filter out options that FreeBSD make doesn't understand
 getflags = ( \
 set -- \
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@ FMAKEFLAGS = -C @abs_srcdir@ -f Makefile.bsd $(shell $(getflags))
 ifneq (@abs_srcdir@,@abs_builddir@)
 FMAKEFLAGS += MAKEOBJDIR=@abs_builddir@
 endif
+
 FMAKE = env -u MAKEFLAGS make $(FMAKEFLAGS)
 
 modules-Linux: