diff --git a/man/sndfile-play.1 b/man/sndfile-play.1
index f36d1315..4d570eaf 100644
--- a/man/sndfile-play.1
+++ b/man/sndfile-play.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd November 2, 2014
+.Dd September 10, 2021
 .Dt SNDFILE-PLAY 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ ALSA or OSS
 sndio
 .It FreeBSD
 /dev/dsp (OSS)
+.It NetBSD
+/dev/audio
 .It Solaris
 /dev/audio
 .It MacOSX 10.6
diff --git a/programs/sndfile-play.c b/programs/sndfile-play.c
index c2818476..16aaf4d2 100644
--- a/programs/sndfile-play.c
+++ b/programs/sndfile-play.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 #elif HAVE_SNDIO_H
 	#include <sndio.h>
 
-#elif (defined (sun) && defined (unix))
+#elif (defined (sun) && defined (unix)) || defined(__NetBSD__)
 	#include <fcntl.h>
 	#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 	#include <sys/audioio.h>
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ sndio_play (int argc, char *argv [])
 **	Solaris.
 */
 
-#if (defined (sun) && defined (unix)) /* ie Solaris */
+#if (defined (sun) && defined (unix)) || defined(__NetBSD__)
 
 static void
 solaris_play (int argc, char *argv [])
@@ -766,8 +766,6 @@ solaris_play (int argc, char *argv [])
 		audio_info.play.channels = sfinfo.channels ;
 		audio_info.play.precision = 16 ;
 		audio_info.play.encoding = AUDIO_ENCODING_LINEAR ;
-		audio_info.play.gain = AUDIO_MAX_GAIN ;
-		audio_info.play.balance = AUDIO_MID_BALANCE ;
 
 		if ((error = ioctl (audio_fd, AUDIO_SETINFO, &audio_info)))
 		{	perror ("ioctl (AUDIO_SETINFO) failed") ;
@@ -809,7 +807,7 @@ solaris_play (int argc, char *argv [])
 	return ;
 } /* solaris_play */
 
-#endif /* Solaris */
+#endif /* Solaris or NetBSD */
 
 /*==============================================================================
 **	Main function.
@@ -847,7 +845,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv [])
 	opensoundsys_play (argc, argv) ;
 #elif HAVE_SNDIO_H
 	sndio_play (argc, argv) ;
-#elif (defined (sun) && defined (unix))
+#elif (defined (sun) && defined (unix)) || defined(__NetBSD__)
 	solaris_play (argc, argv) ;
 #elif (OS_IS_WIN32 == 1)
 	win32_play (argc, argv) ;