diff a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
         case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
             *-aix* | *-freebsd* | *-darwin*) x_rflag="-D_THREAD_SAFE";;
             *solaris* | *-osf* | *-hpux*) x_rflag="-D_REENTRANT";;
-            *-linux*)
+            *-linux*|*-k*bsd*-gnu*|*-gnu*)
             if test x"$PTHREAD_CFLAGS" = "x-pthread"; then
                 # For Linux/gcc "-pthread" implies "-lpthread". We need, however, to make this explicit
                 # in PTHREAD_LIBS such that a shared library to be built properly depends on libpthread.
diff a/configure b/configure
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -28428,7 +28428,7 @@ echo $ECHO_N "checking if more special flags are required for pthreads... $ECHO_
         case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
             *-aix* | *-freebsd* | *-darwin*) x_rflag="-D_THREAD_SAFE";;
             *solaris* | *-osf* | *-hpux*) x_rflag="-D_REENTRANT";;
-            *-linux*)
+            *-linux*|*-k*bsd*-gnu*|*-gnu*)
             if test x"$PTHREAD_CFLAGS" = "x-pthread"; then
                 # For Linux/gcc "-pthread" implies "-lpthread". We need, however, to make this explicit
                 # in PTHREAD_LIBS such that a shared library to be built properly depends on libpthread.