diff --git a/src/link/Elf.zig b/src/link/Elf.zig
index 86b8def937..c3a2daa5a4 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf.zig
@@ -2508,7 +2508,7 @@ fn linkWithLLD(self: *Elf, arena: Allocator, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node) !voi
             try argv.append("-pie");
         }
 
-        if (is_dyn_lib and target.os.tag == .netbsd) {
+        if (is_exe_or_dyn_lib and target.os.tag == .netbsd) {
             // Add options to produce shared objects with only 2 PT_LOAD segments.
             // NetBSD expects 2 PT_LOAD segments in a shared object, otherwise
             // ld.elf_so fails loading dynamic libraries with "not found" error.