diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/cmake/Modules/LibomptargetGetDependencies.cmake b/openmp/libomptarget/cmake/Modules/LibomptargetGetDependencies.cmake
index 1f2a50667c4f..d3ff232f6bd3 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/cmake/Modules/LibomptargetGetDependencies.cmake
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/cmake/Modules/LibomptargetGetDependencies.cmake
@@ -280,4 +280,5 @@ if (NOT LIBOMPTARGET_CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR_PRESET AND
   endif()
 endif()
 
-set(OPENMP_PTHREAD_LIB ${LLVM_PTHREAD_LIB})
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+set(OPENMP_PTHREAD_LIB Threads::Threads)
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/src/CMakeLists.txt b/openmp/libomptarget/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 071ec61889a2..b782c3b07e6f 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ add_llvm_library(omptarget
   LINK_LIBS 
   PRIVATE
   ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
+  ${OPENMP_PTHREAD_LIB}
   "-Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/exports"
   NO_INSTALL_RPATH
 )