diff --git a/premake4.lua b/premake4.lua
index 9549c4486..729fafc5f 100644
--- a/premake4.lua
+++ b/premake4.lua
@@ -1945,6 +1945,9 @@ solution "eepp"
 		links { "eterm-static", "languages-syntax-highlighting-static" }
 		includedirs { "src/modules/eterm/include/", "src/thirdparty" }
 		language "C++"
+		if not os.is("windows") and not os.is("haiku") then
+			links { "pthread" }
+		end
 		files { "src/tests/unit_tests/*.cpp",
 				"src/tools/ecode/jsonhelper.cpp",
 				"src/tools/ecode/plugins/autocomplete/snippetparser.cpp",
diff --git a/premake5.lua b/premake5.lua
index 9f3e51533..773be9800 100644
--- a/premake5.lua
+++ b/premake5.lua
@@ -1977,6 +1977,9 @@ workspace "eepp"
 				"src/tools/ecode/jsonhelper.cpp",
 				"src/tools/ecode/plugins/autocomplete/snippetparser.cpp",
 				"src/tools/ecode/plugins/autocomplete/usersnippetstore.cpp" }
+		filter { "system:not windows", "system:not haiku" }
+			links { "pthread" }
+		filter {}
 		eepp_module_backward_add( false )
 		build_link_configuration( "eepp-unit_tests", true )