diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 761ac574a..bedf0af6c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,12 +142,15 @@ endif ()
 
 include (${SHARED_DIR}/utils/uncommon/shared_uncommon.cmake)
 
+set (THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+
 # STATIC LIBRARY
 if (WAMR_BUILD_STATIC)
     add_library(iwasm_static STATIC ${WAMR_RUNTIME_LIB_SOURCE})
     set_target_properties (iwasm_static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME vmlib)
     target_include_directories(iwasm_static INTERFACE ${WAMR_ROOT_DIR}/core/iwasm/include)
-    target_link_libraries (iwasm_static INTERFACE ${LLVM_AVAILABLE_LIBS} ${UV_A_LIBS} -lm -ldl -lpthread)
+    target_link_libraries (iwasm_static INTERFACE ${LLVM_AVAILABLE_LIBS} ${UV_A_LIBS} -lm -ldl ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
     if (WAMR_BUILD_WASM_CACHE EQUAL 1)
       target_link_libraries(iwasm_static INTERFACE boringssl_crypto)
     endif ()
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ if (WAMR_BUILD_SHARED)
     add_library (iwasm_shared SHARED ${WAMR_RUNTIME_LIB_SOURCE})
     set_target_properties (iwasm_shared PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME iwasm)
     target_include_directories(iwasm_shared INTERFACE ${WAMR_ROOT_DIR}/core/iwasm/include)
-    target_link_libraries (iwasm_shared INTERFACE ${LLVM_AVAILABLE_LIBS} ${UV_A_LIBS} -lm -ldl -lpthread)
+    target_link_libraries (iwasm_shared INTERFACE ${LLVM_AVAILABLE_LIBS} ${UV_A_LIBS} -lm -ldl ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
     if (WAMR_BUILD_WASM_CACHE EQUAL 1)
       target_link_libraries(iwasm_shared INTERFACE boringssl_crypto)
     endif ()