diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 611ab377f..3bd2439f3 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1181,10 +1181,8 @@ Features cannot be 'shared' when building statically
 fi
 
 ################################################################################
-if [[ "$DMEVENTD" = yes -o "$CLVMD" != none ]] ; then
-	AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread], [pthread_mutex_lock],
-		[PTHREAD_LIBS="-lpthread"], hard_bailout)
-fi
+AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread], [pthread_mutex_lock],
+	[PTHREAD_LIBS="-lpthread"], hard_bailout)
 
 ################################################################################
 dnl -- Disable selinux
diff --git a/libdm/Makefile.in b/libdm/Makefile.in
index bddb0a089..2aa70d4c9 100644
--- a/libdm/Makefile.in
+++ b/libdm/Makefile.in
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ include $(top_builddir)/make.tmpl
 DEFS += -DDM_DEVICE_UID=@DM_DEVICE_UID@ -DDM_DEVICE_GID=@DM_DEVICE_GID@ \
 	-DDM_DEVICE_MODE=@DM_DEVICE_MODE@
 
-LIBS += $(SELINUX_LIBS) $(UDEV_LIBS)
+LIBS += $(SELINUX_LIBS) $(UDEV_LIBS) $(PTHREAD_LIBS)
 
 device-mapper: all