diff --git a/sys/arm64/conf/std.dev b/sys/arm64/conf/std.dev
--- a/sys/arm64/conf/std.dev
+++ b/sys/arm64/conf/std.dev
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@
 # Note that 'bpf' is required for DHCP.
 device		bpf		# Berkeley packet filter
 
+# Netmap provides direct access to TX/RX rings on supported NICs
+device		netmap			# netmap(4) support
+
 # USB support
 options 	USB_DEBUG		# enable debug msgs
 options 	USB_HOST_ALIGN=64	# Align usb buffers to cache line size.