diff --git a/mk/cfg/i686-unknown-netbsd.mk b/mk/cfg/i686-unknown-netbsd.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..34aee77ae2107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mk/cfg/i686-unknown-netbsd.mk
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# rustbuild-only target
diff --git a/src/librustc_back/target/i686_unknown_netbsd.rs b/src/librustc_back/target/i686_unknown_netbsd.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e7e2ee3f9056a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/librustc_back/target/i686_unknown_netbsd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+use target::{Target, TargetResult};
+
+pub fn target() -> TargetResult {
+    let mut base = super::netbsd_base::opts();
+    base.cpu = "pentium4".to_string();
+    base.max_atomic_width = Some(64);
+    base.pre_link_args.push("-m32".to_string());
+
+    Ok(Target {
+        llvm_target: "i686-unknown-netbsdelf".to_string(),
+        target_endian: "little".to_string(),
+        target_pointer_width: "32".to_string(),
+        data_layout: "e-m:e-p:32:32-f64:32:64-f80:32-n8:16:32-S128".to_string(),
+        arch: "x86".to_string(),
+        target_os: "netbsd".to_string(),
+        target_env: "".to_string(),
+        target_vendor: "unknown".to_string(),
+        options: base,
+    })
+}
diff --git a/src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs b/src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs
index 5afa85d155279..638ca6dcd60c0 100644
--- a/src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ supported_targets! {
     ("i686-unknown-openbsd", i686_unknown_openbsd),
     ("x86_64-unknown-openbsd", x86_64_unknown_openbsd),
 
+    ("i686-unknown-netbsd", i686_unknown_netbsd),
     ("sparc64-unknown-netbsd", sparc64_unknown_netbsd),
     ("x86_64-unknown-netbsd", x86_64_unknown_netbsd),
     ("x86_64-rumprun-netbsd", x86_64_rumprun_netbsd),