diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c5f952..d44132e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ endif()
 #============================================================================
 message(STATUS "\n\n-- ====== Finding Dependencies ======")
 
+gz_find_package(Threads REQUIRED IGNORE_PKGCONFIG)
+add_library(pthread ALIAS Threads::Threads)
+list(APPEND PROJECT_PKGCONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE "${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}")
+
 #--------------------------------------
 # Find gz-math
 gz_find_package(gz-math8 REQUIRED_BY geospatial graphics events)