diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/system/hostname.py b/lib/ansible/modules/system/hostname.py
index c6432428fca..7af045b5a6e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/hostname.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/hostname.py
@@ -727,6 +727,11 @@ class FreeBSDHostname(Hostname):
     distribution = None
     strategy_class = FreeBSDStrategy
 
+class NetBSDHostname(Hostname):
+    platform = 'NetBSD'
+    distribution = None
+    strategy_class = FreeBSDStrategy
+
 
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