diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f606736b..aba44499 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring "$(PLATFORM)", "linux" "gnu_kfreebsd" "kfreebsd-gnu"))
 
   ifeq ($(USE_OPENAL),1)
     ifneq ($(USE_OPENAL_DLOPEN),1)
-      CLIENT_LIBS += $(OPENAL_LIBS)
+      CLIENT_LIBS += $(THREAD_LIBS) $(OPENAL_LIBS)
     endif
   endif