diff --git a/src/detection/packages/packages_bsd.c b/src/detection/packages/packages_bsd.c
index 5948d678b..821222927 100644
--- a/src/detection/packages/packages_bsd.c
+++ b/src/detection/packages/packages_bsd.c
@@ -2,8 +2,26 @@
 
 #include "common/settings.h"
 
+static uint32_t getSQLite3Int(const char* dbPath, const char* query, const char* packageId)
+{
+    FF_STRBUF_AUTO_DESTROY cacheDir = ffStrbufCreate();
+    FF_STRBUF_AUTO_DESTROY cacheContent = ffStrbufCreate();
+
+    uint32_t num_elements;
+    if (ffPackagesReadCache(&cacheDir, &cacheContent, dbPath, packageId, &num_elements))
+        return num_elements;
+
+    num_elements = (uint32_t) ffSettingsGetSQLite3Int(dbPath, query);
+
+    ffPackagesWriteCache(&cacheDir, &cacheContent, num_elements);
+
+    return num_elements;
+}
+
 void ffDetectPackagesImpl(FFPackagesResult* result, FF_MAYBE_UNUSED FFPackagesOptions* options)
 {
     if (!(options->disabled & FF_PACKAGES_FLAG_PKG_BIT))
-        result->pkg = (uint32_t) ffSettingsGetSQLite3Int(FASTFETCH_TARGET_DIR_ROOT "/var/db/pkg/local.sqlite", "SELECT count(*) FROM packages");
+    {
+        result->pkg = getSQLite3Int(FASTFETCH_TARGET_DIR_ROOT "/var/db/pkg/local.sqlite", "SELECT count(*) FROM packages", "pkg");
+    }
 }