diff --git a/tools/qflight/include/threads.h b/tools/qflight/include/threads.h
index f92452263..a794e614b 100644
--- a/tools/qflight/include/threads.h
+++ b/tools/qflight/include/threads.h
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@
 #ifndef __threads_h
 #define __threads_h
 
-#ifdef __alpha
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
 #include <pthread.h>
 extern pthread_mutex_t *my_mutex;
 #define	LOCK	pthread_mutex_lock (my_mutex)
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ extern pthread_mutex_t *my_mutex;
 
 extern int numthreads;
 
-typedef void (threadfunc_t) (void *);
+typedef void *(threadfunc_t) (void *);
 
 void InitThreads (void);
 void RunThreadsOn (threadfunc_t func);
diff --git a/tools/qflight/source/Makefile.am b/tools/qflight/source/Makefile.am
index 07d6a5770..2396caec1 100644
--- a/tools/qflight/source/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/qflight/source/Makefile.am
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS= foreign
 QFLIGHT_LIBS=@QFLIGHT_LIBS@
 QFLIGHT_DEPS=@QFLIGHT_DEPS@
 QFLIGHT_INCS=@QFLIGHT_INCS@
+PTHREAD_FLAGS=@PTHREAD_FLAGS@
 
 INCLUDES=	-I$(top_srcdir)/include $(QFLIGHT_INCS)
 
@@ -17,5 +18,6 @@ EXTRA_PROGRAMS= qflight
 
 qflight_SOURCES= entities.c ltface.c options.c qflight.c threads.c trace.c
 
+qflight_LDFLAGS=	$(PTHREAD_FLAGS)
 qflight_LDADD=		$(QFLIGHT_LIBS)
 qflight_DEPENDENCIES=	$(QFLIGHT_DEPS)
diff --git a/tools/qflight/source/qflight.c b/tools/qflight/source/qflight.c
index 5938ee54a..a5d6ab3bf 100644
--- a/tools/qflight/source/qflight.c
+++ b/tools/qflight/source/qflight.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ GetFileSpace (int size)
 	return buf;
 }
 
-void
+void *
 LightThread (void *junk)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ LightThread (void *junk)
 		i = bspfileface++;
 		UNLOCK;
 		if (i >= bsp->numfaces)
-			return;
+			return 0;
 
 		LightFace (i);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/qflight/source/threads.c b/tools/qflight/source/threads.c
index ce5de8448..54a0d05d8 100644
--- a/tools/qflight/source/threads.c
+++ b/tools/qflight/source/threads.c
@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@ static const char rcsid[] =
 #ifdef HAVE_STRINGS_H
 # include <strings.h>
 #endif
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "QF/qtypes.h"
 #include "QF/qendian.h"
 #include "threads.h"
 
-#ifdef __alpha
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
 int numthreads = 4;
 pthread_mutex_t *my_mutex;
 #else
@@ -57,25 +58,25 @@ int numthreads = 1;
 void
 InitThreads (void)
 {
-#ifdef __alpha
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
 	pthread_mutexattr_t mattrib;
 
 	my_mutex = malloc (sizeof (*my_mutex));
-	if (pthread_mutexattr_create (&mattrib) == -1)
-		fprintf (stderr, "pthread_mutex_attr_create failed");
-	if (pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np (&mattrib, MUTEX_FAST_NP) == -1)
-		fprintf (stderr, "pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np failed");
-	if (pthread_mutex_init (my_mutex, mattrib) == -1)
+	if (pthread_mutexattr_init (&mattrib) == -1)
+		fprintf (stderr, "pthread_mutex_attr_init failed");
+//	if (pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np (&mattrib, MUTEX_FAST_NP) == -1)
+//		fprintf (stderr, "pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np failed");
+	if (pthread_mutex_init (my_mutex, &mattrib) == -1)
 		fprintf (stderr, "pthread_mutex_init failed");
 #endif
 }
 
 void
-RunThreadsOn (threadfunc_t func)
+RunThreadsOn (threadfunc_t *func)
 {
-#ifdef __alpha
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
 	pthread_t work_threads[256];
-	pthread_addr_t status;
+	void *status;
 	pthread_attr_t attrib;
 	int			i;
 
@@ -84,15 +85,13 @@ RunThreadsOn (threadfunc_t func)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (pthread_attr_create (&attrib) == -1)
-		fprintf (stderr, "pthread_attr_create failed");
+	if (pthread_attr_init (&attrib) == -1)
+		fprintf (stderr, "pthread_attr_init failed");
 	if (pthread_attr_setstacksize (&attrib, 0x100000) == -1)
 		fprintf (stderr, "pthread_attr_setstacksize failed");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < numthreads; i++) {
-		if (pthread_create (&work_threads[i], attrib,
-							(pthread_startroutine_t) func,
-							(pthread_addr_t) i) == -1)
+		if (pthread_create (&work_threads[i], &attrib, func, (void *) i) == -1)
 			fprintf (stderr, "pthread_create failed");
 	}