diff --git a/ext/v8/extconf.rb b/ext/v8/extconf.rb
index 81dc0d36..9e23984e 100755
--- a/ext/v8/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/v8/extconf.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   require 'libv8'
 end
 
-have_library('pthread')
 have_library('objc') if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/
 
 #we have to manually prepend the libv8 include path to INCFLAGS
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@
 $CPPFLAGS += " -rdynamic" unless $CPPFLAGS.split.include? "-rdynamic"
 
 $DEFLIBPATH.unshift(Libv8.library_path)
-$LIBS << ' -lv8'
+$LIBS << ' -lv8 -lpthread'
 
 CONFIG['LDSHARED'] = '$(CXX) -shared' unless RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/