diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5753c08577..8754f1846f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([cfmakeraw geteuid getgid getgrnam_r getmntent_r \
 
 dnl Availability of pthread functions (if missing, win32 threading is
 dnl assumed).  Because of $LIB_PTHREAD, we cannot use AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE.
-dnl LIB_PTHREAD was set during gl_INIT by gnulib.
+dnl LIB_PTHREAD and LIBMULTITHREAD were set during gl_INIT by gnulib.
 old_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="$LIBS $LIB_PTHREAD"
+LIBS="$LIBS $LIB_PTHREAD $LIBMULTITHREAD"
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pthread_mutexattr_init])
 LIBS=$old_libs
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index bf26b19c00..c419c9420e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ CLEANFILES =
 DISTCLEANFILES =
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES =
 
+THREAD_LIBS = $(LIB_PTHREAD) $(LTLIBMULTITHREAD)
+
 if WITH_NETWORK
 UUID=$(shell uuidgen 2>/dev/null)
 endif
@@ -548,7 +550,7 @@ libvirt_util_la_SOURCES =					\
 libvirt_util_la_CFLAGS = $(CAPNG_CFLAGS) $(YAJL_CFLAGS) $(LIBNL_CFLAGS) \
 		$(AM_CFLAGS) $(AUDIT_CFLAGS) $(DEVMAPPER_CFLAGS)
 libvirt_util_la_LIBADD = $(CAPNG_LIBS) $(YAJL_LIBS) $(LIBNL_LIBS) \
-		$(LIB_PTHREAD) $(AUDIT_LIBS) $(DEVMAPPER_LIBS)
+		$(THREAD_LIBS) $(AUDIT_LIBS) $(DEVMAPPER_LIBS)
 
 
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES += libvirt_conf.la
@@ -1481,7 +1483,7 @@ libvirt_lxc_SOURCES =						\
 		$(NWFILTER_PARAM_CONF_SOURCES)
 libvirt_lxc_LDFLAGS = $(WARN_CFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS)
 libvirt_lxc_LDADD = $(CAPNG_LIBS) $(YAJL_LIBS) \
-		$(LIBXML_LIBS) $(NUMACTL_LIBS) $(LIB_PTHREAD) \
+		$(LIBXML_LIBS) $(NUMACTL_LIBS) $(THREAD_LIBS) \
 		$(LIBNL_LIBS) $(AUDIT_LIBS) $(DEVMAPPER_LIBS) \
 		../gnulib/lib/libgnu.la
 if WITH_DTRACE