diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 4fae769d3..30b2a04a3 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ MULTITHREAD_LD  =
 else
 EXT =
 MULTITHREAD_CPP = -DZSTD_MULTITHREAD
-MULTITHREAD_LD  = -lpthread
+MULTITHREAD_LD  = -pthread
 endif
 MULTITHREAD = $(MULTITHREAD_CPP) $(MULTITHREAD_LD)