diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e026211c..5750a0d9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ override CPPFLAGS += -DWITH_THREADNAMES=1
 endif
 
 THREADLIB = -lpthread -lrt
-LDLIBS = 
+LDLIBS = ${THREADLIB}
 LDFLAGS = -I${includedir} -L${libdir} -lmist