diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a11c56ee6..d204ffec3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ project(solidity VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
 include(EthDependencies)
 include(deps/jsoncpp.cmake)
 
+find_package(Threads)
+
 # Figure out what compiler and system are we using
 include(EthCompilerSettings)
 
diff --git a/libdevcore/CMakeLists.txt b/libdevcore/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b15427f9..016d7ea33 100644
--- a/libdevcore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libdevcore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ file(GLOB sources "*.cpp")
 file(GLOB headers "*.h")
 
 add_library(devcore ${sources} ${headers})
-target_link_libraries(devcore PRIVATE ${Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_REGEX_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(devcore PRIVATE ${Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_REGEX_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads)
 target_include_directories(devcore SYSTEM PUBLIC ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 target_include_directories(devcore PRIVATE ..)
 add_dependencies(devcore solidity_BuildInfo.h)