diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a4ebbdd..21d6ba6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ file(CREATE_LINK ${eigen3_SOURCE_DIR}/Eigen
      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/LatAnalyze/Eigen SYMBOLIC)
 
 # dependencies
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 find_package(GSL REQUIRED)
 find_package(HDF5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS C CXX)
 find_package(Minuit2 QUIET)
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index ea71d56..eb73c85 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ target_sources(
          ${EIGEN_HEADERS}
          ${LATAN_HEADERS})
 target_link_libraries(LatAnalyze PRIVATE compiler_flags parsers tinyxml2)
-target_link_libraries(LatAnalyze PUBLIC GSL::gsl hdf5::hdf5 hdf5::hdf5_cpp)
+target_link_libraries(LatAnalyze PUBLIC GSL::gsl hdf5::hdf5 hdf5::hdf5_cpp
+                                        ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 if(Minuit2_FOUND)
   target_link_libraries(LatAnalyze PUBLIC Minuit2::Minuit2)
 endif()