diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/cmake/Modules/LibomptargetGetDependencies.cmake b/openmp/libomptarget/cmake/Modules/LibomptargetGetDependencies.cmake
index e3c2a580396e..5f76992d193e 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/cmake/Modules/LibomptargetGetDependencies.cmake
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/cmake/Modules/LibomptargetGetDependencies.cmake
@@ -249,3 +249,6 @@ if (NOT LIBOMPTARGET_CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR_PRESET AND
     endif()
   endif()
 endif()
+
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+set(OPENMP_PTHREAD_LIB ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/src/CMakeLists.txt b/openmp/libomptarget/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 15e6c3bbaf1f..3e5a73504a08 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ if(OPENMP_STANDALONE_BUILD OR (NOT OPENMP_ENABLE_LIBOMPTARGET_PROFILING))
   add_library(omptarget SHARED ${LIBOMPTARGET_SRC_FILES})
   target_link_libraries(omptarget
     ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
+    ${OPENMP_PTHREAD_LIB}
     "-Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/exports")
 else()
   set(LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ else()
     )
   add_llvm_library(omptarget SHARED ${LIBOMPTARGET_SRC_FILES}
       LINK_LIBS ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
+      ${OPENMP_PTHREAD_LIB}
       "-Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/exports"
       )
   target_compile_definitions(omptarget PUBLIC OMPTARGET_PROFILE_ENABLED)