diff --git a/etc/MAKEDEV b/etc/MAKEDEV
index 137c42f87fca..deeef912f8be 100644
--- a/etc/MAKEDEV
+++ b/etc/MAKEDEV
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
 #	3dfx*	3dfx voodoo device for glide (tdfx) (/dev/3dfx,3dfxN,voodoo)
 #	agpgart	AGP interface
 #	cfs*	Coda Distributed Filesystem
+#	nsmb*	SMB/CIFS protocol interface
 #
 
 if [ -n "$MAKEDEVPATH" ]; then
@@ -338,6 +339,7 @@ all)
 	sh $0 i4btel0 i4btel1 i4bteld0 i4bteld1		# ISDN
 	sh $0 i4brbch0 i4brbch1				# ISDN
 	sh $0 agpgart					# AGP
+ 	sh $0 nsmb0					# SMB/CIFS
 	;;
 
 # a much restricted set of the above, to save precious i-nodes on the
@@ -1814,6 +1816,11 @@ cfs*)
 	mknod cfs$unit c 93 $unit root:operator
 	;;
 
+nsmb*)
+	unit=`expr $i : 'nsmb\(.*\)'`
+	mknod nsmb$unit c 144 $unit
+	;;
+
 local)
 	umask 0			# XXX should be elsewhere
 	sh $0.local