diff --git a/ipc/glue/ProcessUtils_bsd.cpp b/ipc/glue/ProcessUtils_bsd.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..46a9aa476b3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipc/glue/ProcessUtils_bsd.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include "ProcessUtils.h"
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+#if !defined(OS_NETBSD)
+#include <pthread_np.h>
+#endif
+
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace ipc {
+
+void SetThisProcessName(const char *aName)
+{
+#if defined(OS_NETBSD)
+  pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "%s", (void *)aName);
+#else
+  pthread_set_name_np(pthread_self(), aName);
+#endif
+}
+
+} // namespace ipc
+} // namespace mozilla
diff --git a/ipc/glue/moz.build b/ipc/glue/moz.build
index 4af751f6b5c4..239e1c10615d 100644
--- a/ipc/glue/moz.build
+++ b/ipc/glue/moz.build
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ if CONFIG['OS_ARCH'] == 'Linux':
     UNIFIED_SOURCES += [
         'ProcessUtils_linux.cpp',
     ]
+elif CONFIG['OS_ARCH'] in ('DragonFly', 'FreeBSD', 'NetBSD', 'OpenBSD'):
+    UNIFIED_SOURCES += [
+        'ProcessUtils_bsd.cpp'
+    ]
 else:
     UNIFIED_SOURCES += [
         'ProcessUtils_none.cpp',