diff --git a/lib/isc/unix/file.c b/lib/isc/unix/file.c
index fa7c25ebcb..fd0899f12c 100644
--- a/lib/isc/unix/file.c
+++ b/lib/isc/unix/file.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
+#include <unistd.h>		/* Required for mkstemp on NetBSD. */
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>