diff --git a/client/CMakeLists.txt b/client/CMakeLists.txt
index d85cfaf00..c24ef34d5 100644
--- a/client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ find_library(pm3rrg_rdv4_whereami REQUIRED)
 target_link_libraries(proxmark3 PRIVATE
         bz2
         readline
-        pthread
         m
         pm3rrg_rdv4_mbedtls
         pm3rrg_rdv4_cliparser
@@ -327,6 +326,10 @@ target_link_libraries(proxmark3 PRIVATE
         pm3rrg_rdv4_whereami
         ${ADDITIONAL_LNK})
 
+if (NOT SKIPPTHREAD EQUAL 1)
+    target_link_libraries(proxmark3 PRIVATE pthread)
+endif (NOT SKIPPTHREAD EQUAL 1)
+
 # OSX have a hard time compiling python3 dependency with older cmake.
 if (PYTHON3EMBED_FOUND OR PYTHON3_FOUND)
     if (NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.13)