diff --git a/t/basic.t b/t/basic.t
index e5bed0d..4c515b5 100644
--- a/t/basic.t
+++ b/t/basic.t
@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ foreach (@if) {
 }
 
 print @loopback ? 'ok ':'not ok ',4,"\n";
+
+my $SKIPPED = ( $^O eq "freebsd" and qx(sysctl security.jail.jailed) =~ m{1} ) ? " # skip FreeBSD jail has no 127.0.0.1" : "";
+
 my @local = grep {$s->if_addr($_) eq '127.0.0.1'} @loopback;
 
-print @local ? 'ok ': 'not ok ',5,"\n";
+print @local ? 'ok ': 'not ok ',5,"$SKIPPED\n";
 
 
diff --git a/t/simple.t b/t/simple.t
index e8e1c3e..f682342 100644
--- a/t/simple.t
+++ b/t/simple.t
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ foreach (@if) {
 }
 
 ok($loopback,"loopback device");
-ok($loopback->address eq '127.0.0.1','loopback address');
-ok($loopback->netmask eq '255.0.0.0','loopback netmask');
+
+#  skip ('FreeBSD jail has no 127.0.0.1') if ( $^O eq "freebsd" and qx(sysctl security.jail.jailed) =~ m{1} );
 
 SKIP: {
   my $index = $loopback->index;
-  skip ('index not implemented on this platform',3) unless defined $index;
+  skip ('index not implemented on this platform',5) unless defined $index;
+  ok($loopback->address eq '127.0.0.1','loopback address');
+  ok($loopback->netmask eq '255.0.0.0','loopback netmask');
 
   ok(defined $index,'loopback index');