diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__git/explorer/group b/cdist/conf/type/__git/explorer/group
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 3ddf9656..938f61d3
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__git/explorer/group
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__git/explorer/group
@@ -2,4 +2,14 @@
 
 destination="/$__object_id/.git"
 
-stat --print "%G" "${destination}" 2>/dev/null || exit 0
+os="$(cat "$__global/explorer/os")"
+
+case $os in
+	*bsd)
+		# Checked on OpenBSD, FreeBSD and NetBSD
+		stat -f "%Sg" "${destination}" 2>/dev/null || exit 0
+	;;
+	*)
+		stat --print "%G" "${destination}" 2>/dev/null || exit 0
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__git/explorer/owner b/cdist/conf/type/__git/explorer/owner
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4c3cd431..0442b11a
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__git/explorer/owner
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__git/explorer/owner
@@ -2,4 +2,14 @@
 
 destination="/$__object_id/.git"
 
-stat --print "%U" "${destination}" 2>/dev/null || exit 0
+os="$(cat "$__global/explorer/os")"
+
+case $os in
+	*bsd)
+		# Checked on OpenBSD, FreeBSD and NetBSD
+		stat -f "%Su" "${destination}" 2>/dev/null || exit 0
+	;;
+	*)
+		stat --print "%U" "${destination}" 2>/dev/null || exit 0
+	;;
+esac