diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/webm/libvpx_1.12.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/webm/libvpx_1.12.0.bb
index 066d7cc815..9c04c2a341 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/webm/libvpx_1.12.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/webm/libvpx_1.12.0.bb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET = "arm"
 
 CFLAGS += "-fPIC"
+BUILD_LDFLAGS += "-pthread"
 
 export CC
 export LD = "${CC}"