diff --git a/stream/stream_file.c b/stream/stream_file.c
index 3591227f75..570546db19 100644
--- a/stream/stream_file.c
+++ b/stream/stream_file.c
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
 #include "options/m_option.h"
 #include "options/path.h"
 
+#if HAVE_BSD_FSTATFS
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+#endif
+
 struct priv {
     int fd;
     bool close;
@@ -108,6 +113,26 @@ char *mp_file_url_to_filename(void *talloc_ctx, bstr url)
     return filename;
 }
 
+#if HAVE_BSD_FSTATFS
+static bool check_stream_network(stream_t *stream)
+{
+    struct statfs fs;
+    const char *stypes[] = { "afpfs", "nfs", "smbfs", "webdav", NULL };
+    struct priv *priv = stream->priv;
+    if (fstatfs(priv->fd, &fs) == 0)
+        for (int i=0; stypes[i]; i++)
+            if (strcmp(stypes[i], fs.f_fstypename) == 0)
+                return true;
+    return false;
+
+}
+#else
+static bool check_stream_network(stream_t *stream)
+{
+    return false;
+}
+#endif
+
 static int open_f(stream_t *stream, int mode)
 {
     int fd;
@@ -195,6 +220,9 @@ static int open_f(stream_t *stream, int mode)
     stream->read_chunk = 64 * 1024;
     stream->close = s_close;
 
+    if (check_stream_network(stream))
+        stream->streaming = true;
+
     return STREAM_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index de70718555..2292a44747 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ iconv support use --disable-iconv.",
         'name': 'setmode',
         'desc': 'setmode()',
         'func': check_statement('io.h', 'setmode(0, 0)')
+    }, {
+        'name': 'bsd-fstatfs',
+        'desc': "BSD's fstatfs()",
+        'func': check_statement(['sys/param.h', 'sys/mount.h'],
+                                'struct statfs fs; fstatfs(0, &fs)')
     }, {
         'name': 'sys-sysinfo-h',
         'desc': 'sys/sysinfo.h',