diff --git a/collector/netdev_common.go b/collector/netdev_common.go
index 089f1e5870..4d35b1e15b 100644
--- a/collector/netdev_common.go
+++ b/collector/netdev_common.go
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-//go:build !nonetdev && (linux || freebsd || openbsd || dragonfly || darwin)
+//go:build !nonetdev && (linux || freebsd || netbsd || openbsd || dragonfly || darwin)
 // +build !nonetdev
-// +build linux freebsd openbsd dragonfly darwin
+// +build linux freebsd netbsd openbsd dragonfly darwin
 
 package collector
 
diff --git a/collector/netdev_netbsd.go b/collector/netdev_netbsd.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..983c1f8503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/netdev_netbsd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+//go:build !nonetdev && netbsd
+// +build !nonetdev,netbsd
+
+package collector
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/go-kit/log"
+	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+/*
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#include <ifaddrs.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
+*/
+import "C"
+
+func getNetDevStats(filter *deviceFilter, logger log.Logger) (netDevStats, error) {
+	netDev := netDevStats{}
+
+	var ifap, ifa *C.struct_ifaddrs
+	if C.getifaddrs(&ifap) == -1 {
+		return nil, errors.New("getifaddrs() failed")
+	}
+	defer C.freeifaddrs(ifap)
+
+	for ifa = ifap; ifa != nil; ifa = ifa.ifa_next {
+		if ifa.ifa_addr.sa_family != C.AF_LINK {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		dev := C.GoString(ifa.ifa_name)
+		if filter.ignored(dev) {
+			level.Debug(logger).Log("msg", "Ignoring device", "device", dev)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		data := (*C.struct_if_data)(ifa.ifa_data)
+
+		// https://github.com/NetBSD/src/blob/trunk/sys/net/if.h#L180-L202
+		netDev[dev] = map[string]uint64{
+			"receive_packets":    uint64(data.ifi_ipackets),
+			"transmit_packets":   uint64(data.ifi_opackets),
+			"receive_bytes":      uint64(data.ifi_ibytes),
+			"transmit_bytes":     uint64(data.ifi_obytes),
+			"receive_errors":     uint64(data.ifi_ierrors),
+			"transmit_errors":    uint64(data.ifi_oerrors),
+			"receive_dropped":    uint64(data.ifi_iqdrops),
+			"receive_multicast":  uint64(data.ifi_imcasts),
+			"transmit_multicast": uint64(data.ifi_omcasts),
+			"collisions":         uint64(data.ifi_collisions),
+			"noproto":            uint64(data.ifi_noproto),
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * transmit_dropped (ifi_oqdrops) is not available in
+		 * struct if_data for backwards compatibility reasons,
+		 * but can be read via sysctl.
+		 */
+		var ifi_oqdrops uint64
+		var len C.size_t = C.size_t(unsafe.Sizeof(ifi_oqdrops))
+		name := C.CString(fmt.Sprintf("net.interfaces.%s.sndq.drops", dev))
+		defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(name))
+		if C.sysctlbyname(name, unsafe.Pointer(&ifi_oqdrops), (*C.size_t)(unsafe.Pointer(&len)), unsafe.Pointer(nil), 0) == 0 {
+			netDev[dev]["transmit_dropped"] = uint64(ifi_oqdrops)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return netDev, nil
+}