diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index b946206d..aae09be1 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(UNAME),Darwin)
 LIBS += -liconv
-else
-# Darwin (Mac OS X) doesn’t have librt
+else ifneq ($(UNAME),OpenBSD)
+# Darwin (Mac OS X) and OpenBSD do not have librt
 LIBS += -lrt
 endif