diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-cryptography.inc b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-cryptography.inc
index 8a364116d..6c43e863d 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-cryptography.inc
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-cryptography.inc
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://cryptography.io/"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0 | BSD"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=097f805837700cfac572ac274cd38124"
 
+LDSHARED += "-pthread"
+
 DEPENDS += " \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-cffi \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-cffi-native \