diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 01ea0884f..4a9486c67 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2490,7 +2490,9 @@ if(WOLFSSL_EXAMPLES)
         add_executable(tls_bench
             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/benchmark/tls_bench.c)
         target_link_libraries(tls_bench wolfssl)
-        target_link_libraries(tls_bench Threads::Threads)
+        if(CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT)
+            target_link_libraries(tls_bench Threads::Threads)
+        endif()
         set_property(TARGET tls_bench
                  PROPERTY RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
                  ${WOLFSSL_OUTPUT_BASE}/examples/benchmark)
@@ -2526,7 +2528,9 @@ if(WOLFSSL_EXAMPLES)
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
     target_compile_options(unit_test PUBLIC "-DNO_MAIN_DRIVER")
     target_link_libraries(unit_test wolfssl)
-    target_link_libraries(unit_test Threads::Threads)
+    if(CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT)
+        target_link_libraries(unit_test Threads::Threads)
+    endif()
     set_property(TARGET unit_test
                  PROPERTY RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
                  ${WOLFSSL_OUTPUT_BASE}/tests/)