diff --git a/client/Makefile b/client/Makefile
index 54fa3af2c..ad2f5aa75 100644
--- a/client/Makefile
+++ b/client/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ vpath %.dic dictionaries
 OBJDIR = obj
 
 LDLIBS ?= -L/usr/local/lib
-LDLIBS += -lreadline -lpthread -lm
+LDLIBS += -lreadline -lm
+ifneq ($(SKIPPTHREAD),1)
+LDLIBS += -lpthread
+endif
 
 # RPi Zero gcc requires -latomic
 # but MacOSX /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld
diff --git a/tools/mf_nonce_brute/Makefile b/tools/mf_nonce_brute/Makefile
index 7672c89a4..cf565e72c 100644
--- a/tools/mf_nonce_brute/Makefile
+++ b/tools/mf_nonce_brute/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ MYSRCS = crypto1.c crapto1.c bucketsort.c iso14443crc.c sleep.c
 MYINCLUDES = -I../../include -I../../common
 MYCFLAGS =
 MYDEFS =
-MYLDLIBS = -lpthread
+MYLDLIBS =
+ifneq ($(SKIPPTHREAD),1)
+MYLDLIBS += -lpthread
+endif
 
 BINS = mf_nonce_brute
 INSTALLTOOLS = $(BINS)