diff --git a/config/buildSettings.mk b/config/buildSettings.mk
index 5257812a9744a36427e764c55105dc59ffd02add..6876b77be299e077c78f3b5ed272606b22ab3322 100644
--- a/config/buildSettings.mk
+++ b/config/buildSettings.mk
@@ -163,7 +163,11 @@ ifeq ($(SYSTYPE), Linux)
   endif
   LDFLAGS  += -Wl,-rpath,'${FSLDIR}/lib' \
               -Wl,-rpath-link,'${FSLDIR}/lib'
-  ARCHLIBS += -lopenblas -lz -lm
+
+  # Libraries which are implicitly available
+  # to all projects for linking
+  ARCHCXXFLAGS += -pthread
+  ARCHLIBS     += -lopenblas -lz -lm
 endif
 
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