diff --git a/meta/classes-global/uninative.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/uninative.bbclass
index 9b8b4565dd..d2297b53f5 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/uninative.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/uninative.bbclass
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ def enable_uninative(d):
         d.setVar("NATIVELSBSTRING", "universal%s" % oe.utils.host_gcc_version(d))
         d.appendVar("SSTATEPOSTUNPACKFUNCS", " uninative_changeinterp")
         d.appendVarFlag("SSTATEPOSTUNPACKFUNCS", "vardepvalueexclude", "| uninative_changeinterp")
-        d.appendVar("BUILD_LDFLAGS", " -Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined -Wl,--dynamic-linker=${UNINATIVE_LOADER}")
-        d.appendVarFlag("BUILD_LDFLAGS", "vardepvalueexclude", "| -Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined -Wl,--dynamic-linker=${UNINATIVE_LOADER}")
+        d.appendVar("BUILD_LDFLAGS", " -Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined -Wl,--dynamic-linker=${UNINATIVE_LOADER} -pthread")
+        d.appendVarFlag("BUILD_LDFLAGS", "vardepvalueexclude", "| -Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined -Wl,--dynamic-linker=${UNINATIVE_LOADER} -pthread")
         d.appendVarFlag("BUILD_LDFLAGS", "vardepsexclude", "UNINATIVE_LOADER")
         d.prependVar("PATH", "${UNINATIVE_STAGING_DIR}-uninative/${BUILD_ARCH}-linux${bindir_native}:")