diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/73167-bhyve-facts.yml b/changelogs/fragments/73167-bhyve-facts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9f6d0fc904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/73167-bhyve-facts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - facts - properly report virtualization facts for Linux guests running on bhyve (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73167)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/linux.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/linux.py
index 46a7cfaddc3..7e5b5d71a88 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/linux.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/linux.py
@@ -352,6 +352,13 @@ class LinuxVirtual(Virtual):
                         virtual_facts['virtualization_role'] = 'guest'
                         found_virt = True
 
+                if 'BHYVE' in out:
+                    guest_tech.add('bhyve')
+                    if not found_virt:
+                        virtual_facts['virtualization_type'] = 'bhyve'
+                        virtual_facts['virtualization_role'] = 'guest'
+                        found_virt = True
+
         if os.path.exists('/dev/kvm'):
             host_tech.add('kvm')
             if not found_virt:
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/facts/virtual/__init__.py b/test/units/module_utils/facts/virtual/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/facts/virtual/test_linux.py b/test/units/module_utils/facts/virtual/test_linux.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25503750ae6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/facts/virtual/test_linux.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible.module_utils.facts.virtual import linux
+
+
+def test_get_virtual_facts_bhyve(mocker):
+    mocker.patch('os.path.exists', return_value=False)
+    mocker.patch('ansible.module_utils.facts.virtual.linux.get_file_content', return_value='')
+    mocker.patch('ansible.module_utils.facts.virtual.linux.get_file_lines', return_value=[])
+
+    module = mocker.Mock()
+    module.run_command.return_value = (0, 'BHYVE\n', '')
+    inst = linux.LinuxVirtual(module)
+
+    facts = inst.get_virtual_facts()
+    expected = {
+        'virtualization_role': 'guest',
+        'virtualization_tech_host': set(),
+        'virtualization_type': 'bhyve',
+        'virtualization_tech_guest': set(['bhyve']),
+    }
+
+    assert facts == expected