diff --git a/src/freebsd.rs b/src/bsd_arandom.rs
similarity index 57%
rename from src/freebsd.rs
rename to src/bsd_arandom.rs
index 61feaf73..eb564fff 100644
--- a/src/freebsd.rs
+++ b/src/bsd_arandom.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,10 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
-//! Implementation for FreeBSD
-use crate::util_libc::{sys_fill_exact, Weak};
+//! Implementation for FreeBSD and NetBSD
+use crate::util_libc::sys_fill_exact;
 use crate::Error;
-use core::{mem, ptr};
-
-type GetRandomFn = unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut u8, libc::size_t, libc::c_uint) -> libc::ssize_t;
+use core::ptr;
 
 fn kern_arnd(buf: &mut [u8]) -> libc::ssize_t {
     static MIB: [libc::c_int; 2] = [libc::CTL_KERN, libc::KERN_ARND];
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ fn kern_arnd(buf: &mut [u8]) -> libc::ssize_t {
         )
     };
     if ret == -1 {
-        error!("freebsd: kern.arandom syscall failed");
+        error!("sysctl kern.arandom: syscall failed");
         -1
     } else {
         len as libc::ssize_t
@@ -35,11 +33,17 @@ fn kern_arnd(buf: &mut [u8]) -> libc::ssize_t {
 }
 
 pub fn getrandom_inner(dest: &mut [u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    static GETRANDOM: Weak = unsafe { Weak::new("getrandom\0") };
-    if let Some(fptr) = GETRANDOM.ptr() {
-        let func: GetRandomFn = unsafe { mem::transmute(fptr) };
-        sys_fill_exact(dest, |buf| unsafe { func(buf.as_mut_ptr(), buf.len(), 0) })
-    } else {
-        sys_fill_exact(dest, kern_arnd)
+    #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
+    {
+        use crate::util_libc::Weak;
+        static GETRANDOM: Weak = unsafe { Weak::new("getrandom\0") };
+        type GetRandomFn =
+            unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut u8, libc::size_t, libc::c_uint) -> libc::ssize_t;
+
+        if let Some(fptr) = GETRANDOM.ptr() {
+            let func: GetRandomFn = unsafe { core::mem::transmute(fptr) };
+            return sys_fill_exact(dest, |buf| unsafe { func(buf.as_mut_ptr(), buf.len(), 0) });
+        }
     }
+    sys_fill_exact(dest, kern_arnd)
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6cb589da..9d1274ec 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 //! | iOS              | [`SecRandomCopyBytes`][4]
 //! | FreeBSD          | [`getrandom()`][21] if available, otherwise [`kern.arandom`][5]
 //! | OpenBSD          | [`getentropy`][6]
-//! | NetBSD           | [`/dev/urandom`][7] after successfully polling `/dev/random`
+//! | NetBSD           | [`kern.arandom`][7]
 //! | Dragonfly BSD    | [`/dev/random`][8]
 //! | Solaris, illumos | [`getrandom`][9] system call if available, otherwise [`/dev/random`][10]
 //! | Fuchsia OS       | [`cprng_draw`][11]
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 //! [4]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/1399291-secrandomcopybytes?language=objc
 //! [5]: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=random&sektion=4
 //! [6]: https://man.openbsd.org/getentropy.2
-//! [7]: http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?random+4+NetBSD-current
+//! [7]: https://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?sysctl+7+NetBSD-8.0
 //! [8]: https://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=random&section=4
 //! [9]: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E88353_01/html/E37841/getrandom-2.html
 //! [10]: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E86824_01/html/E54777/random-7d.html
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ cfg_if! {
     } else if #[cfg(target_os = "emscripten")] {
         #[path = "use_file.rs"] mod imp;
     } else if #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")] {
-        #[path = "freebsd.rs"] mod imp;
+        #[path = "bsd_arandom.rs"] mod imp;
     } else if #[cfg(target_os = "fuchsia")] {
         #[path = "fuchsia.rs"] mod imp;
     } else if #[cfg(target_os = "haiku")] {
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ cfg_if! {
     } else if #[cfg(target_os = "macos")] {
         #[path = "macos.rs"] mod imp;
     } else if #[cfg(target_os = "netbsd")] {
-        #[path = "use_file.rs"] mod imp;
+        #[path = "bsd_arandom.rs"] mod imp;
     } else if #[cfg(target_os = "openbsd")] {
         #[path = "openbsd.rs"] mod imp;
     } else if #[cfg(target_os = "redox")] {
diff --git a/src/use_file.rs b/src/use_file.rs
index 21e35343..d3adaf2a 100644
--- a/src/use_file.rs
+++ b/src/use_file.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub fn getrandom_inner(dest: &mut [u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
 }
 
 cfg_if! {
-    if #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux", target_os = "netbsd"))] {
+    if #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux"))] {
         fn init_file() -> Option<libc::c_int> {
             // Poll /dev/random to make sure it is ok to read from /dev/urandom.
             let mut pfd = libc::pollfd {