diff --git a/include/SDL_endian.h b/include/SDL_endian.h
index 0a8e204a4..205b79357 100644
--- a/include/SDL_endian.h
+++ b/include/SDL_endian.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ _m_prefetch(void *__P)
 #elif defined(__OpenBSD__)
 #include <endian.h>
 #define SDL_BYTEORDER  BYTE_ORDER
-#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__)
 #include <sys/endian.h>
 #define SDL_BYTEORDER  BYTE_ORDER
 #else