diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 91ae816..8fa76ac 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ case `uname` in
 		so="$so libsndio.so"
 		defs='-D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEV_RANDOM=\\"/dev/urandom\\"'
 		;;
+	NetBSD)
+		sun=no
+		rmidi=yes
+		user=_sndio
+		so="$so libsndio.so"
+		defs='-DHAVE_ARC4RANDOM -DHAVE_ISSETUGID \\\
+		-DHAVE_STRLCAT -DHAVE_STRLCPY'
+		;;
 	OpenBSD)
 		sun=yes
 		rmidi=yes
diff --git a/sndiod/sndiod.c b/sndiod/sndiod.c
index 19a32f5..66353e2 100644
--- a/sndiod/sndiod.c
+++ b/sndiod/sndiod.c
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, SNDIO_PRIO) < 0)
 			err(1, "setpriority");
 		if (setgroups(1, &pw->pw_gid) ||
-		    setresgid(pw->pw_gid, pw->pw_gid, pw->pw_gid) ||
-		    setresuid(pw->pw_uid, pw->pw_uid, pw->pw_uid))
+		    setgid(pw->pw_gid) ||
+		    setuid(pw->pw_uid))
 			err(1, "cannot drop privileges");
 	}
 	midi_init();