diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 75fa60b3..c803d2ec 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ function(compiled_test SRC)
     target_compile_options(${BASENAME} PRIVATE -Wall -Wextra -g -O0)
     if (${BASENAME} MATCHES "parallel")
       target_compile_options(${BASENAME} PRIVATE -pthread)
+      target_link_libraries(${BASENAME} PRIVATE -pthread)
     endif()
   elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
     target_compile_options(${BASENAME} PRIVATE -Wall -Wextra -g -O0 -D__STRICT_ANSI__