diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 73ba594e..ce2dd198 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ endif( )
 # add the math library for Linux
 if( UNIX )
     set(MATH_LIBRARY "m")
+    set(THREAD_LIBRARY "pthread")
 endif()
 
 # set the path to specific OpenCL compiler
diff --git a/src/library/CMakeLists.txt b/src/library/CMakeLists.txt
index 774f05b6..51648985 100644
--- a/src/library/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/library/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ endif()
 set_target_properties(clBLAS PROPERTIES VERSION ${clBLAS_VERSION})
 set_target_properties(clBLAS PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${clBLAS_SOVERSION})
 set_target_properties( clBLAS PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/staging" )
-target_link_libraries(clBLAS ${OPENCL_LIBRARIES} ${MATH_LIBRARY})
+target_link_libraries(clBLAS ${OPENCL_LIBRARIES} ${MATH_LIBRARY} ${THREAD_LIBRARY})
 
 # CPack configuration; include the executable into the package
 install( TARGETS clBLAS