diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b49801..372229e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "OpenBSD")
   if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION VERSION_LESS 5.7)
     add_definitions(-DOPENBSD_WORKAROUND=1)
   endif()
+elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "NetBSD")
+  set(METER_SOURCES "netbsd/memory.cc" "netbsd/cpu.cc" "freebsd/load.cc")
 else()
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot be compiled on this system")
 endif()
diff --git a/openbsd/error.h b/common/error.h
similarity index 94%
rename from openbsd/error.h
rename to common/error.h
index b4c6a7e..f771c41 100644
--- a/openbsd/error.h
+++ b/common/error.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <sys/errno.h>
 #include <cerrno>
 #include <cstring> // strerror
+#include <cstdlib> // exit()
 
 inline void error( const char * error )
 {
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ inline void error( const char * error )
   using std::endl;
 
   cerr << error << ": " << strerror( errno ) << endl;
-  exit( 23 );
+  exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/common/main.cc b/common/main.cc
index e1bd9ba..33c5d8f 100644
--- a/common/main.cc
+++ b/common/main.cc
@@ -31,25 +31,29 @@
 
 #if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)
    // Apple osx system
-   #include "osx/cpu.h"
-   #include "osx/memory.h"
-   #include "osx/load.h"
+  #include "osx/cpu.h"
+  #include "osx/memory.h"
+  #include "osx/load.h"
 #elif defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__)
    // BSD system
-   #define BSD_BASED 1
-   #include "freebsd/cpu.h"
-   #include "freebsd/load.h"
-   #include "freebsd/memory.h"
-#elif defined(__OpenBSD)
-   #define BSD_BASED 1
-   #include "freebsd/cpu.h"
-   #include "freebsd/load.h"
-   #include "freebsd/memory.h"
+  #define BSD_BASED 1
+  #include "freebsd/cpu.h"
+  #include "freebsd/load.h"
+  #include "freebsd/memory.h"
+#elif defined(__OpenBSD__)
+  #define BSD_BASED 1
+  #include "freebsd/cpu.h"
+  #include "freebsd/load.h"
+  #include "freebsd/memory.h"
+#elif defined(__NetBSD__)
+  #include "freebsd/cpu.h"
+  #include "freebsd/load.h"
+  #include "netbsd/memory.h"
 #else
-   // assume linux system
-   #include "linux/cpu.h"
-   #include "linux/memory.h"
-   #include "linux/load.h"
+  // assume linux system
+  #include "linux/cpu.h"
+  #include "linux/memory.h"
+  #include "linux/load.h"
 #endif
 
 std::string cpu_string( unsigned int cpu_usage_delay, unsigned int graph_lines,
diff --git a/freebsd/getsysctl.h b/freebsd/getsysctl.h
index aecd004..e97f9ee 100644
--- a/freebsd/getsysctl.h
+++ b/freebsd/getsysctl.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include <cerrno>
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <cstdlib>  //exit()
+#include <string.h> //strerror()
 
 #define GETSYSCTL(name, var) getsysctl(name, &(var), sizeof(var))
 static inline void getsysctl( const char *name, void *ptr, size_t len )
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ static inline void getsysctl( const char *name, void *ptr, size_t len )
   {
     std::cerr << "sysctl(" << name << "...) failed: " << strerror( errno )
       << std::endl;
-    exit( 23 );
+    exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
   }
 
   if( nlen != len )
diff --git a/netbsd/cpu.cc b/netbsd/cpu.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2afab53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netbsd/cpu.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* vim: tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab textwidth=80 linebreak wrap
+ *
+ * Copyright 2012 Matthew McCormick
+ * Copyright 2013 Justin Crawford <Justasic@gmail.com>
+ * Copyright 2015 Pawel 'l0ner' Soltys
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+// Based on: github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/master/usr.bin/top/machine.c
+// Based on: Apple.cpp for load_string/mem_string and apple's documentation
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h> // usleep
+
+#include "../freebsd/getsysctl.h"
+#include "cpu.h"
+
+float cpu_percentage( unsigned int cpu_usage_delay )
+{
+  u_int64_t load1[CPUSTATES];
+  u_int64_t load2[CPUSTATES];
+
+  GETSYSCTL( "kern.cp_time", load1 );
+  usleep( cpu_usage_delay );
+  GETSYSCTL( "kern.cp_time", load2 );
+
+  // Current load times
+  unsigned long long current_user = load1[CP_USER];
+  unsigned long long current_system = load1[CP_SYS];
+  unsigned long long current_nice = load1[CP_NICE];
+  unsigned long long current_idle = load1[CP_IDLE];
+  // Next load times
+  unsigned long long next_user = load2[CP_USER];
+  unsigned long long next_system = load2[CP_SYS];
+  unsigned long long next_nice = load2[CP_NICE];
+  unsigned long long next_idle = load2[CP_IDLE];
+  // Difference between the two
+  unsigned long long diff_user = next_user - current_user;
+  unsigned long long diff_system = next_system - current_system;
+  unsigned long long diff_nice = next_nice - current_nice;
+  unsigned long long diff_idle = next_idle - current_idle;
+
+  return static_cast<float>( diff_user + diff_system + diff_nice ) /
+    static_cast<float>( diff_user + diff_system + diff_nice + diff_idle ) *
+    100.0;
+}
diff --git a/netbsd/cpu.h b/netbsd/cpu.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3840650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netbsd/cpu.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* vim: tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab textwidth=80 linebreak wrap
+ *
+ * Copyright 2012 Matthew McCormick
+ * Copyright 2015 Pawel 'l0ner' Soltys
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef CPU_H_
+#define CPU_H_
+
+#define CP_USER   0
+#define CP_NICE   1
+#define CP_SYS    2
+#define CP_INTR   3
+#define CP_IDLE   4
+#define CPUSTATES 5
+
+float cpu_percentage( unsigned );
+
+#endif
diff --git a/netbsd/memory.cc b/netbsd/memory.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d27bb44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netbsd/memory.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/* vim: tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab textwidth=80 linebreak wrap
+ *
+ * Copyright 2012 Matthew McCormick
+ * Copyright 2015 Pawel 'l0ner' Soltys
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#include <uvm/uvm_extern.h> // uvmexp struct
+
+#include "error.h"
+#include "luts.h"
+#include "conversions.h"
+#include "memory.h"
+
+std::string mem_string( bool use_colors = false )
+{
+  std::ostringstream oss;
+
+  // get vm memory stats
+  static int vm_totalmem[] = { CTL_VM, VM_UVMEXP2 };
+  struct uvmexp_sysctl mem;
+  size_t size = sizeof( mem );
+  if( sysctl( vm_totalmem, 2, &mem, &size, NULL, 0 ) < 0 )
+  {
+    error( "memory: error getting vm memory stats" );
+  }
+
+  int64_t total_mem = ( mem.npages << mem.pageshift );
+  int64_t used_mem = 
+    ( mem.active + mem.wired - mem.filepages ) << mem.pageshift;
+
+  if( use_colors )
+  {
+    oss << mem_lut[( 100 * used_mem ) / total_mem];
+  }
+
+  // add 1 to used which gets lost somewhere along conversions
+  oss << convert_unit( used_mem, MEGABYTES )
+    << '/' << convert_unit( total_mem, MEGABYTES ) << "MB";
+
+  if( use_colors )
+  {
+    oss << "#[fg=default,bg=default]";
+  }
+
+  return oss.str();
+
+}
diff --git a/netbsd/memory.h b/netbsd/memory.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a123bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netbsd/memory.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* vim: tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab textwidth=80 linebreak wrap
+ *
+ * Copyright 2012 Matthew McCormick
+ * Copyright 2015 Pawel 'l0ner' Soltys
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MEMORY_H_
+#define MEMORY_H_
+
+#include <string>
+
+std::string mem_string( bool );
+
+#endif