diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index dacf71a43ad41f678e3a0574c84321bacd0ff30e..ba6c34ea5429535cd303b1aa1d6ebd6ae30dd912 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ vmlinux_link()
 			-Wl,--start-group                                    \
 				 ${KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN}                      \
 			-Wl,--end-group                                      \
-			-lutil -lrt ${1}
+			-lutil -lrt -lpthread ${1}
 		rm -f linux
 	fi
 }