diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 039bf418..da818232 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ else()
         )
 
     if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL FreeBSD)
-        set(EXTRA_LIBS kvm)
+        set(EXTRA_LIBS kvm pthread)
     else()
         set(EXTRA_LIBS pthread rt dl)
     endif()