diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fca17e6d9c..9a6ccb39f1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6083,11 +6083,11 @@ enabled libvpx            && {
     }
     enabled libvpx_vp9_decoder && {
         check_pkg_config libvpx_vp9_decoder "vpx >= 1.4.0" "vpx/vpx_decoder.h vpx/vp8dx.h" vpx_codec_vp9_dx ||
-            check_lib libvpx_vp9_decoder "vpx/vpx_decoder.h vpx/vp8dx.h" "vpx_codec_vp9_dx VPX_IMG_FMT_HIGHBITDEPTH" "-lvpx $libm_extralibs"
+            check_lib libvpx_vp9_decoder "vpx/vpx_decoder.h vpx/vp8dx.h" "vpx_codec_vp9_dx VPX_IMG_FMT_HIGHBITDEPTH" "-lvpx $libm_extralibs $pthreads_extralibs"
     }
     enabled libvpx_vp9_encoder && {
         check_pkg_config libvpx_vp9_encoder "vpx >= 1.4.0" "vpx/vpx_encoder.h vpx/vp8cx.h" vpx_codec_vp9_cx ||
-            check_lib libvpx_vp9_encoder "vpx/vpx_encoder.h vpx/vp8cx.h" "vpx_codec_vp9_cx VPX_IMG_FMT_HIGHBITDEPTH" "-lvpx $libm_extralibs"
+            check_lib libvpx_vp9_encoder "vpx/vpx_encoder.h vpx/vp8cx.h" "vpx_codec_vp9_cx VPX_IMG_FMT_HIGHBITDEPTH" "-lvpx $libm_extralibs $pthreads_extralibs"
     }
     if disabled_all libvpx_vp8_decoder libvpx_vp9_decoder libvpx_vp8_encoder libvpx_vp9_encoder; then
         die "libvpx enabled but no supported decoders found"