diff --git a/libs/network/src/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/network/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d92cb69c..0235f1ecb 100644
--- a/libs/network/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/network/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ set_target_properties(cppnetlib-client-connections
     PROPERTIES VERSION ${CPPNETLIB_VERSION_STRING}
     SOVERSION ${CPPNETLIB_VERSION_MAJOR}
     PUBLIC_HEADER "${CPP-NETLIB_HEADERS}")
+target_link_libraries(cppnetlib-client-connections ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 if (OPENSSL_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(cppnetlib-client-connections ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
 endif ()