diff --git a/c_check b/c_check
index c2b52c81b0..c3c2901712 100755
--- a/c_check
+++ b/c_check
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ hostarch=`uname -m | sed -e 's/i.86/x86/'`
 if [ "$hostos" = "AIX" ] || [ "$hostos" = "SunOS" ]; then
     hostarch=`uname -p`
 fi
+if [ "$hostarch" = "evbarm" ]; then
+    hostarch=`uname -p`
+fi
 case "$hostarch" in
     amd64) hostarch=x86_64 ;;
     arm*) [ "$hostarch" = "arm64" ] || hostarch='arm' ;;
diff --git a/cpuid_arm64.c b/cpuid_arm64.c
index aaf5084395..fbb78e7943 100644
--- a/cpuid_arm64.c
+++ b/cpuid_arm64.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static char *cpuname_lower[] = {
 int get_feature(char *search)
 {
 
-#ifdef __linux
+#if defined( __linux ) || defined( __NetBSD__ )
 	FILE *infile;
   	char buffer[2048], *p,*t;
   	p = (char *) NULL ;
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ int get_feature(char *search)
 int detect(void)
 {
 
-#ifdef __linux
+#if defined( __linux ) || defined( __NetBSD__ )
 
 	FILE *infile;
 	char buffer[512], *p, *cpu_part = NULL, *cpu_implementer = NULL;
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ void get_cpucount(void)
 {
 int n=0;
 
-#ifdef __linux
+#if defined( __linux ) || defined( __NetBSD__ )
 	FILE *infile;
   	char buffer[2048], *p,*t;
   	p = (char *) NULL ;
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ void get_libname(void)
 void get_features(void)
 {
 
-#ifdef __linux
+#if defined( __linux ) || defined( __NetBSD__ )
 	FILE *infile;
   	char buffer[2048], *p,*t;
   	p = (char *) NULL ;