diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 23380319cc5..965e14ff2e9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ endif
 dep_thread = dependency('threads')
 if dep_thread.found() and host_machine.system() != 'windows'
   pre_args += '-DHAVE_PTHREAD'
-  if cc.has_function(
+  if host_machine.system() != 'netbsd' and cc.has_function(
       'pthread_setaffinity_np',
       dependencies : dep_thread,
       prefix : '#include <pthread.h>',