diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1ba85aac0665..36a0af9e4fe2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4179,6 +4179,10 @@ if test "$_libcurl" != "no"; then
 		LIBCURL_LIBS=`$_libcurlconfig --libs`
 		LIBCURL_CFLAGS=`$_libcurlconfig --cflags`
 
+		if test "$_host" = "amigaos"; then
+			append_var LIBCURL_LIBS "-lpthread"
+		fi
+
 		if test "$_libcurl" = "auto"; then
 			_libcurl=no