diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 05e753423..cf7e12f0a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
  - (djm) [configure.ac] Only check for width-specified integer types
    in headers that actually exist. patch from Tom G. Christensen;
    ok dtucker@
+ - (djm) [configure.ac atomicio.c] Kludge around NetBSD offering
+   different symbols for 'read' when various compiler flags are
+   in use, causing atomicio.c comparisons against it to break and
+   read/write operations to hang; ok dtucker
 
 20140129
  - (djm) [configure.ac] Fix broken shell test '==' vs '='; patch from
diff --git a/atomicio.c b/atomicio.c
index 601b3c371..2bac36c91 100644
--- a/atomicio.c
+++ b/atomicio.c
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ atomicio6(ssize_t (*f) (int, void *, size_t), int fd, void *_s, size_t n,
 	ssize_t res;
 	struct pollfd pfd;
 
+#ifndef BROKEN_READ_COMPARISON
 	pfd.fd = fd;
 	pfd.events = f == read ? POLLIN : POLLOUT;
+#endif
 	while (n > pos) {
 		res = (f) (fd, s + pos, n - pos);
 		switch (res) {
@@ -65,7 +67,9 @@ atomicio6(ssize_t (*f) (int, void *, size_t), int fd, void *_s, size_t n,
 			if (errno == EINTR)
 				continue;
 			if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK) {
+#ifndef BROKEN_READ_COMPARISON
 				(void)poll(&pfd, 1, -1);
+#endif
 				continue;
 			}
 			return 0;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 571362163..dfd32cd85 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: configure.ac,v 1.567 2014/01/29 23:21:20 djm Exp $
+# $Id: configure.ac,v 1.568 2014/01/30 00:26:46 djm Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Damien Miller
 #
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
 AC_INIT([OpenSSH], [Portable], [openssh-unix-dev@mindrot.org])
-AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.567 $)
+AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.568 $)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([ssh.c])
 AC_LANG([C])
 
@@ -769,6 +769,8 @@ mips-sony-bsd|mips-sony-newsos4)
 	TEST_MALLOC_OPTIONS="AJRX"
 	AC_DEFINE([BROKEN_STRNVIS], [1],
 	    [NetBSD strnvis argument order is swapped compared to OpenBSD])
+	AC_DEFINE([BROKEN_READ_COMPARISON], [1],
+	    [NetBSD read function is sometimes redirected, breaking atomicio comparisons against it])
 	;;
 *-*-freebsd*)
 	check_for_libcrypt_later=1