diff --git a/source/common/CMakeLists.txt b/source/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 0cac2afb0a..f787fc6c0b 100644
--- a/source/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,3 +47,10 @@ target_link_libraries(ur_common PUBLIC
     ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
     ${PROJECT_NAME}::headers
 )
+
+if (UNIX)
+    set(CMAKE_THREAD_PREFER_PTHREAD TRUE)
+    set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG TRUE)
+    find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(ur_common PUBLIC Threads::Threads)
+endif()