diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5344 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5344
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38119d0ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5344
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Bugfix: Ignore EOPNOTSUPP as an error for xattr
+
+Restic 0.18.0 added xattr support for NetBSD 10+, but not all NetBSD
+filesystems support xattrs.  Other BSD systems can likewise return
+EOPNOTSUPP, so restic now simply ignores EOPNOTSUPP errors for xattrs.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5344
diff --git a/internal/fs/node_xattr.go b/internal/fs/node_xattr.go
index 2a2b5c0fb..f1119fe51 100644
--- a/internal/fs/node_xattr.go
+++ b/internal/fs/node_xattr.go
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ func handleXattrErr(err error) error {
 
 	case *xattr.Error:
 		// On Linux, xattr calls on files in an SMB/CIFS mount can return
-		// ENOATTR instead of ENOTSUP.
-		switch e.Err {
-		case syscall.ENOTSUP, xattr.ENOATTR:
+		// ENOATTR instead of ENOTSUP.  BSD can return EOPNOTSUPP.
+		if e.Err == syscall.ENOTSUP || e.Err == syscall.EOPNOTSUPP || e.Err == xattr.ENOATTR {
 			return nil
 		}
 		return errors.WithStack(e)