diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f7c2f53..cf2e5f40 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,6 +113,17 @@ Assuming an existing HomeBrew installation:
 % brew install boost cmake gcc libpcap pkg-config ragel sqlite
 ```
 
+### NetBSD
+In NetBSD you will almost certainly need to have a newer compiler installed. 
+Using the example of gcc12 from pkgsrc, one will need to set three
+environment variables before starting: 
+export CC="/usr/pkg/gcc12/bin/cc"
+export CXX="/usr/pkg/gcc12/bin/g++"
+export CXXFLAGS="-gdwarf-4"
+
+Then continue with the build as below. 
+
+
 ## Configure & build
 
 In order to configure with `cmake` first create and cd into a build directory:
diff --git a/cmake/osdetection.cmake b/cmake/osdetection.cmake
index 59f2b342..0e730fe3 100644
--- a/cmake/osdetection.cmake
+++ b/cmake/osdetection.cmake
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "FreeBSD")
     set(FREEBSD true)
 endif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "FreeBSD")
 
-if (ARCH_IA32 OR ARCH_X86_64)
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "NetBSD")
+    set(NETBSD true)
+endif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "NetBSD")
+
+if (LINUX AND (ARCH_IA32 OR ARCH_X86_64))
   option(FAT_RUNTIME "Build a library that supports multiple microarchitectures" ON)
 else()
   option(FAT_RUNTIME "Build a library that supports multiple microarchitectures" OFF)
diff --git a/examples/patbench.cc b/examples/patbench.cc
index 8180d2a9..7bb5020a 100644
--- a/examples/patbench.cc
+++ b/examples/patbench.cc
@@ -134,7 +134,12 @@
 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
 #include <netinet/udp.h>
 #include <netinet/ip_icmp.h>
+#ifdef __NetBSD__
+#include <net/ethertypes.h>
+#include <net/if_ether.h>
+#else
 #include <net/ethernet.h>
+#endif /* __NetBSD__ */
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 
 #include <pcap.h>
diff --git a/examples/pcapscan.cc b/examples/pcapscan.cc
index 12b94438..349ef6a9 100644
--- a/examples/pcapscan.cc
+++ b/examples/pcapscan.cc
@@ -68,7 +68,12 @@
 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
 #include <netinet/udp.h>
 #include <netinet/ip_icmp.h>
+#ifdef __NetBSD__
+#include <net/ethertypes.h>
+#include <net/if_ether.h>
+#else
 #include <net/ethernet.h>
+#endif /* __NetBSD__ */
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 
 #include <pcap.h>
diff --git a/src/util/popcount.h b/src/util/popcount.h
index d90a0d50..e9f689e9 100644
--- a/src/util/popcount.h
+++ b/src/util/popcount.h
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@
 
 #include "ue2common.h"
 #include "util/arch.h"
+#ifdef __NetBSD__
+#include <strings.h>
+#endif
 
+
+#ifndef __NetBSD__
 static really_inline
 u32 popcount32(u32 x) {
     return __builtin_popcount(x);
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@ u32 popcount32(u32 x) {
 //     return (((x + (x >> 4)) & 0xf0f0f0f) * 0x1010101) >> 24;
 // #endif
 }
+#endif /* __NetBSD__ */
 
 static really_inline
 u32 popcount32x4(u32 const *x) {
@@ -61,6 +67,7 @@ u32 popcount32x4(u32 const *x) {
     return sum;
 }
 
+#ifndef __NetBSD__
 static really_inline
 u32 popcount64(u64a x) {
     return __builtin_popcountll(x);
@@ -81,6 +88,7 @@ u32 popcount64(u64a x) {
 //     return popcount32(x >> 32) + popcount32(x);
 // #endif
 }
+#endif /* __NetBSD__ */
 
 static really_inline
 u32 popcount64x4(u64a const *x) {