diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index f4262e10..8f7d5fe2 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -1386,6 +1386,13 @@ getgpu () {
 # Memory {{{
 
 getmemory () {
+    # NetBSD emulates the linux /proc filesystem instead of using sysctl for hw
+    # information so we have to use this block below which temporarily sets the
+    # OS to 'Linux' for the duration of this function.
+    case "$distro" in
+        "NetBSD"*) local os="Linux" ;;
+    esac
+
     case "$os" in
         "Linux" | "Windows")
             if [ ! -z "$(grep -F "MemAvail" /proc/meminfo)" ]; then