diff --git a/indra/cmake/LLPlugin.cmake b/indra/cmake/LLPlugin.cmake
index a946d1e0ef..74470d3974 100644
--- a/indra/cmake/LLPlugin.cmake
+++ b/indra/cmake/LLPlugin.cmake
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ set(LLPLUGIN_INCLUDE_DIRS
 if (LINUX)
     # In order to support using ld.gold on linux, we need to explicitely
     # specify all libraries that llplugin uses.
-    set(LLPLUGIN_LIBRARIES llplugin)
+    set(CMAKE_THREAD_PREFER_PTHREAD TRUE)
+    set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG TRUE)
+    find_package( Threads )
+    set(LLPLUGIN_LIBRARIES llplugin Threads::Threads)
 else (LINUX)
     set(LLPLUGIN_LIBRARIES llplugin)
 endif (LINUX)