diff --git a/addon.gypi b/addon.gypi
index 510b00c713..527db10c20 100644
--- a/addon.gypi
+++ b/addon.gypi
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
           '_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
         ],
       }],
-      [ 'OS=="freebsd" or OS=="openbsd" or OS=="solaris" or (OS=="linux" and target_arch!="ia32")', {
+      [ 'OS=="freebsd" or OS=="openbsd" or OS=="netbsd" or OS=="solaris" or (OS=="linux" and target_arch!="ia32")', {
         'cflags': [ '-fPIC' ],
       }]
     ]
diff --git a/gyp/pylib/gyp/common.py b/gyp/pylib/gyp/common.py
index d482a20df3..256e3f3a6b 100644
--- a/gyp/pylib/gyp/common.py
+++ b/gyp/pylib/gyp/common.py
@@ -425,6 +425,8 @@ def GetFlavor(params):
     return 'freebsd'
   if sys.platform.startswith('openbsd'):
     return 'openbsd'
+  if sys.platform.startswith('netbsd'):
+    return 'netbsd'
   if sys.platform.startswith('aix'):
     return 'aix'
 
diff --git a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
index 4139eb7399..b426cfa8b7 100644
--- a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
+++ b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
@@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ def WriteTarget(self, spec, configs, deps, link_deps, bundle_deps,
       for link_dep in link_deps:
         assert ' ' not in link_dep, (
             "Spaces in alink input filenames not supported (%s)"  % link_dep)
-      if (self.flavor not in ('mac', 'openbsd', 'win') and not
+      if (self.flavor not in ('mac', 'openbsd', 'netbsd', 'win') and not
           self.is_standalone_static_library):
         self.WriteDoCmd([self.output_binary], link_deps, 'alink_thin',
                         part_of_all, postbuilds=postbuilds)
diff --git a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/ninja.py b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/ninja.py
index 416d83eaec..0dd30337fb 100644
--- a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/ninja.py
+++ b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/ninja.py
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ def WriteTarget(self, spec, config_name, config, link_deps, compile_deps):
       self.target.type = 'none'
     elif spec['type'] == 'static_library':
       self.target.binary = self.ComputeOutput(spec)
-      if (self.flavor not in ('mac', 'openbsd', 'win') and not
+      if (self.flavor not in ('mac', 'openbsd', 'netbsd', 'win') and not
           self.is_standalone_static_library):
         self.ninja.build(self.target.binary, 'alink_thin', link_deps,
                          order_only=compile_deps)