diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 78d16b2ad..0a995539c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
   # Note that at the time of this writing the -Wstrict-prototypes flag added below will make this fail
   set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
   find_package(Threads)
+  add_c_flag_if_supported(-pthread CMAKE_C_FLAGS)
+  add_cxx_flag_if_supported(-pthread CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS)
 endif()
 
 # Handle OpenSSL, used for sha256sum on binary updates and light wallet ssl http