diff --git a/depends/packages/libevent.mk b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
index 9507fe9ddfd..bf03bd2f307 100644
--- a/depends/packages/libevent.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ $(package)_download_path=https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
 $(package)_sha256_hash=92e6de1be9ec176428fd2367677e61ceffc2ee1cb119035037a27d346b0403bb
 $(package)_patches=cmake_fixups.patch
+$(package)_patches += netbsd_fixup.patch
 $(package)_build_subdir=build
 
 # When building for Windows, we set _WIN32_WINNT to target the same Windows
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ define $(package)_set_vars
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
-  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/cmake_fixups.patch
+  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/cmake_fixups.patch && \
+  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/netbsd_fixup.patch
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
diff --git a/depends/patches/libevent/netbsd_fixup.patch b/depends/patches/libevent/netbsd_fixup.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c0027a31804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/patches/libevent/netbsd_fixup.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Fix compiling on NetBSD
+
+GCC documentation states that "the various `-std` options disable
+certain keywords". Apparently, `-std=c11` disables the `typeof` keyword.
+GCC documentation recommends using the alternative `__typeof__` keyword.
+
+
+--- a/kqueue.c
++++ b/kqueue.c
+@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
+  * intptr_t, whereas others define it as void*.  There doesn't seem to be an
+  * easy way to tell them apart via autoconf, so we need to use OS macros. */
+ #if defined(__NetBSD__)
+-#define PTR_TO_UDATA(x) ((typeof(((struct kevent *)0)->udata))(x))
+-#define INT_TO_UDATA(x) ((typeof(((struct kevent *)0)->udata))(intptr_t)(x))
++#define PTR_TO_UDATA(x) ((__typeof__(((struct kevent *)0)->udata))(x))
++#define INT_TO_UDATA(x) ((__typeof__(((struct kevent *)0)->udata))(intptr_t)(x))
+ #elif defined(EVENT__HAVE_INTTYPES_H) && !defined(__OpenBSD__) && !defined(__FreeBSD__) && !defined(__darwin__) && !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(__CloudABI__)
+ #define PTR_TO_UDATA(x)	((intptr_t)(x))
+ #define INT_TO_UDATA(x) ((intptr_t)(x))