diff --git a/src/libsync/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libsync/CMakeLists.txt
index 47d83b926..3f183a41d 100644
--- a/src/libsync/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libsync/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ if ( APPLE )
     )
 endif()
 
-IF(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "FreeBSD")
+IF(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "FreeBSD" OR ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "NetBSD")
     list(APPEND OS_SPECIFIC_LINK_LIBRARIES
 	inotify
     )
-ENDIF(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "FreeBSD")
+ENDIF(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "FreeBSD" OR ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "NetBSD")
 
 if(SPARKLE_FOUND AND NOT BUILD_LIBRARIES_ONLY)
     list (APPEND OS_SPECIFIC_LINK_LIBRARIES ${SPARKLE_LIBRARY})
diff --git a/src/libsync/utility.cpp b/src/libsync/utility.cpp
index db6c187ac..c58970ec1 100644
--- a/src/libsync/utility.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/utility.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void Utility::setLaunchOnStartup(const QString &appName, const QString& guiName,
 
 qint64 Utility::freeDiskSpace(const QString &path, bool *ok)
 {
-#if defined(Q_OS_MAC) || defined(Q_OS_FREEBSD) || defined(Q_OS_FREEBSD_KERNEL)
+#if defined(Q_OS_MAC) || defined(Q_OS_FREEBSD) || defined(Q_OS_FREEBSD_KERNEL) || defined(Q_OS_NETBSD)
     struct statvfs stat;
     statvfs(path.toUtf8().data(), &stat);
     return (qint64) stat.f_bavail * stat.f_frsize;
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ bool Utility::isUnix()
 
 bool Utility::isLinux()
 {
-#ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
+#if defined(Q_OS_LINUX) || defined(Q_OS_NETBSD)
     return true;
 #else
     return false;