diff --git a/llarp/util/bencode.cpp b/llarp/util/bencode.cpp
index 379e1e0c2..991c53df6 100644
--- a/llarp/util/bencode.cpp
+++ b/llarp/util/bencode.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ bencode_write_bytestring(llarp_buffer_t* buff, const void* data, size_t sz)
 bool
 bencode_write_uint64(llarp_buffer_t* buff, uint64_t i)
 {
-#if !defined(__LP64__) || (__APPLE__ && __MACH__)
+// NetBSDs also do this shit in long mode, wouldn't be surprised
+// if all the BSDs do by default
+#if !defined(__LP64__) || (__APPLE__ && __MACH__) || (__NetBSD__) || (__OpenBSD__)
   if(!buff->writef("i%llu", i))
 #else
   if(!buff->writef("i%lu", i))