diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index b0591e84b0668..d593001deda67 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ std::string fs_get_cache_directory() {
     if (getenv("LLAMA_CACHE")) {
         cache_directory = std::getenv("LLAMA_CACHE");
     } else {
-#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(_AIX) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(_AIX) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__)
         if (std::getenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME")) {
             cache_directory = std::getenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME");
         } else if (std::getenv("HOME")) {