diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5ada56d..6ffa4a8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3121,6 +3121,7 @@
       if test "$found" = "no"; then
         LIBS="$pthread_lib $LIBS"
       fi
+      PTHREAD_LIB="$pthread_lib"
       break
     fi
   done
@@ -5537,6 +5538,7 @@
 echo "LD_REL_FLAGS=$LD_REL_FLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "LIBS+=$LIBS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "LIBS_TOOLS+=$libs_tools" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "PTHREAD_LIB=$PTHREAD_LIB" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "EXESUF=$EXESUF" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "DSOSUF=$DSOSUF" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "LDFLAGS_SHARED=$LDFLAGS_SHARED" >> $config_host_mak