diff --git a/package/ltq-tapidemo/Makefile b/package/ltq-tapidemo/Makefile
index 14c93ef7d..0fbcce0c5 100644
--- a/package/ltq-tapidemo/Makefile
+++ b/package/ltq-tapidemo/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ define Package/ltq-tapidemo
   CATEGORY:=Network
   TITLE:=TAPIdemo application for Lantiq boards
   URL:=http://www.lantiq.com/
-  DEPENDS:=+kmod-ltq-tapi +kmod-ltq-vmmc
+  DEPENDS:=+kmod-ltq-tapi +kmod-ltq-vmmc +libpthread
   MAINTAINER:=John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>
   MENU:=1
 endef
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ define Package/ltq-tapidemo/config
 	source "$(SOURCE)/Config.in"
 endef
 
+TARGET_LDFLAGS+=-lpthread
+
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	ARCH=$(LINUX_KARCH) \
 	--enable-linux-26 \