diff --git a/include/msgpack/sysdep.h b/include/msgpack/sysdep.h
index e8c0d9a8..569ae4cd 100644
--- a/include/msgpack/sysdep.h
+++ b/include/msgpack/sysdep.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 #       endif
 #   endif
 
-#elif defined(unix) || defined(__unix) || defined(__APPLE__)
+#elif defined(unix) || defined(__unix) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
 
 #include <arpa/inet.h>  /* __BYTE_ORDER */
 #   if defined(linux)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 
 #if MSGPACK_ENDIAN_LITTLE_BYTE
 
-#   if defined(unix) || defined(__unix) || defined(__APPLE__)
+#   if defined(unix) || defined(__unix) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
 #       define _msgpack_be16(x) ntohs(x)
 #   else
 #       if defined(ntohs)
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 #        endif
 #   endif
 
-#   if defined(unix) || defined(__unix) || defined(__APPLE__)
+#   if defined(unix) || defined(__unix) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
 #       define _msgpack_be32(x) ntohl(x)
 #   else
 #       if defined(ntohl)
diff --git a/include/msgpack/vrefbuffer.h b/include/msgpack/vrefbuffer.h
index c8b4cd53..b4244528 100644
--- a/include/msgpack/vrefbuffer.h
+++ b/include/msgpack/vrefbuffer.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include "zone.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-#if defined(unix) || defined(__unix) || defined(__APPLE__)
+#if defined(unix) || defined(__unix) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
 #include <sys/uio.h>
 #else
 struct iovec {