diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 404ef4e3925..ea19efdb183 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ case "${canonical}" in
       mips-*-netbsd*)	machine=pmax ;;
       ns32k-*-netbsd*)	machine=ns32000 ;;
       sparc-*-netbsd*)	machine=sparc ;;
+      vax-*-netbsd*)	machine=vax ;;
     esac
   ;;