diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index fea89e64..a67c0d8b 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ add_executable (http-crawl
 )
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
-    target_link_libraries(http-crawl ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+    target_link_libraries(http-crawl ${Boost_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads)
 endif()
 
 add_executable (http-server
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ add_executable (http-server
 )
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
-    target_link_libraries(http-server ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+    target_link_libraries(http-server ${Boost_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads)
 endif()
 
 add_executable (http-example
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ add_executable (http-example
 )
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
-    target_link_libraries(http-example ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+    target_link_libraries(http-example ${Boost_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads)
 endif()
 
 add_executable (websocket-example
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ add_executable (websocket-example
 )
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
-    target_link_libraries(websocket-example ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+    target_link_libraries(websocket-example ${Boost_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads)
 endif()
diff --git a/test/core/CMakeLists.txt b/test/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 3cc71b05..b7ce10c9 100644
--- a/test/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ add_executable (core-tests
 )
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
-    target_link_libraries(core-tests ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(core-tests ${Boost_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads)
 endif()
diff --git a/test/http/CMakeLists.txt b/test/http/CMakeLists.txt
index 05a2998a..233ea65e 100644
--- a/test/http/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/http/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ add_executable (http-tests
 )
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
-    target_link_libraries(http-tests ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+    target_link_libraries(http-tests ${Boost_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads)
 endif()
 
 add_executable (bench-tests
diff --git a/test/websocket/CMakeLists.txt b/test/websocket/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a52207b..b9cc469a 100644
--- a/test/websocket/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/websocket/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ add_executable (websocket-tests
 )
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
-    target_link_libraries(websocket-tests ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(websocket-tests ${Boost_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads)
 endif()
 
 add_executable (websocket-echo
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ add_executable (websocket-echo
 )
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
-    target_link_libraries(websocket-echo ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+    target_link_libraries(websocket-echo ${Boost_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads)
 endif()