diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cf284176838..b3a256ae9a2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ find_package(Qt5
   REQUIRED
 )
 
+find_package(Threads)
+
 # Get information on directories from qmake
 # as this is not yet exported by cmake.
 function(qt5_query_qmake)
diff --git a/src/tools/clangrefactoringbackend/source/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tools/clangrefactoringbackend/source/CMakeLists.txt
index cd15e8ad338..f4b66e33995 100644
--- a/src/tools/clangrefactoringbackend/source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tools/clangrefactoringbackend/source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 add_qtc_library(clangrefactoringbackend_lib STATIC
+  PUBLIC_DEPENDS Threads::Threads
   DEPENDS libclang clangTooling clangIndex clangQuery ClangSupport
   DEFINES CLANGSUPPORT_BUILD_LIB
   PUBLIC_INCLUDES