diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e94aded..aa79dfd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3542,7 +3542,7 @@ _ACEOF
 		sctp_default="yes"
 		ssl_default="no"
 		cpc_default="no"
-		UPERF_LIBS="$UPERF_LIBS -lrt -lm"
+		UPERF_LIBS="$UPERF_LIBS -lpthread -lrt -lm"
 		CFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE $CFLAGS"
 		SCTP_LIBS="-lsctp"
 		SCTP_LIBNAME="sctp"