diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/sockcmsg_unix.go b/src/pkg/syscall/sockcmsg_unix.go
index 2cdc28ee35..045a012c05 100644
--- a/src/pkg/syscall/sockcmsg_unix.go
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/sockcmsg_unix.go
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import "unsafe"
 // Round the length of a raw sockaddr up to align it properly.
 func cmsgAlignOf(salen int) int {
 	salign := sizeofPtr
-	// NOTE: It seems like 64-bit Darwin kernel still requires 32-bit
-	// aligned access to BSD subsystem.
-	if darwin64Bit {
+	// NOTE: It seems like 64-bit Darwin and DragonFly BSD kernels
+	// still require 32-bit aligned access to network subsystem.
+	if darwin64Bit || dragonfly64Bit {
 		salign = 4
 	}
 	return (salen + salign - 1) & ^(salign - 1)
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_unix.go b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_unix.go
index de5ff95cf1..b28891568d 100644
--- a/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_unix.go
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_unix.go
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ var (
 )
 
 const (
-	darwin64Bit = runtime.GOOS == "darwin" && sizeofPtr == 8
-	netbsd32Bit = runtime.GOOS == "netbsd" && sizeofPtr == 4
+	darwin64Bit    = runtime.GOOS == "darwin" && sizeofPtr == 8
+	dragonfly64Bit = runtime.GOOS == "dragonfly" && sizeofPtr == 8
+	netbsd32Bit    = runtime.GOOS == "netbsd" && sizeofPtr == 4
 )
 
 func Syscall(trap, a1, a2, a3 uintptr) (r1, r2 uintptr, err Errno)