diff --git a/nsswitch/wscript_build b/nsswitch/wscript_build
index 6acc4a19b9b..861ed2f23bf 100644
--- a/nsswitch/wscript_build
+++ b/nsswitch/wscript_build
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ bld.SAMBA_BINARY('nsstest',
 if bld.CONFIG_SET('HAVE_PTHREAD'):
     bld.SAMBA_BINARY('stress-nss-libwbclient',
 		     source='stress-nss-libwbclient.c',
-		     deps='wbclient',
+		     deps='wbclient pthread',
 		     install=False
 		     )