diff --git a/old-configure b/old-configure
index 0d1ff4cb17..fcf35ef5ac 100755
--- a/old-configure
+++ b/old-configure
@@ -993,6 +993,7 @@ cat > $TMPC << EOF
 #define HAVE_GLIBC_THREAD_NAME (!!__GLIBC__)
 #define HAVE_OSX_THREAD_NAME 0
 #define HAVE_BSD_THREAD_NAME 0
+#define HAVE_NETBSD_THREAD_NAME 0
 
 #define DEFAULT_CDROM_DEVICE "/dev/cdrom"
 #define DEFAULT_DVD_DEVICE   "/dev/dvd"
diff --git a/osdep/threads.c b/osdep/threads.c
index 7a6174eb79..6ef08dbf49 100644
--- a/osdep/threads.c
+++ b/osdep/threads.c
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
+#if HAVE_BSD_THREAD_NAME
+#include <pthread_np.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "threads.h"
 #include "timer.h"
 
@@ -56,6 +60,8 @@ void mpthread_set_name(const char *name)
     }
 #elif HAVE_BSD_THREAD_NAME
     pthread_set_name_np(pthread_self(), tname);
+#elif HAVE_NETBSD_THREAD_NAME
+    pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "%s", (void *)tname);
 #elif HAVE_OSX_THREAD_NAME
     pthread_setname_np(tname);
 #endif
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 3eadc37aef..58d8e1e55e 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -227,9 +227,16 @@ iconv support use --disable-iconv.",
         'name': 'bsd-thread-name',
         'desc': 'BSD API for setting thread name',
         'deps_neg': [ 'glibc-thread-name', 'osx-thread-name' ],
-        'func': check_statement('pthread.h',
+        'func': check_statement(['pthread.h', 'pthread_np.h'],
                                 'pthread_set_name_np(pthread_self(), "ducks")',
                                 use=['pthreads']),
+    }, {
+        'name': 'netbsd-thread-name',
+        'desc': 'NetBSD API for setting thread name',
+        'deps_neg': [ 'glibc-thread-name', 'osx-thread-name', 'bsd-thread-name' ],
+        'func': check_statement('pthread.h',
+                                'pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "%s", (void *)"ducks")',
+                                use=['pthreads']),
     }, {
         'name': 'bsd-fstatfs',
         'desc': "BSD's fstatfs()",