diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindDOOCS.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindDOOCS.cmake
index 4cc01d48e9e2c925f851de209af2fc7eb2beaa4d..42d9f9c660c02f55a3bd04415755df414e8334b5 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindDOOCS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindDOOCS.cmake
@@ -80,10 +80,13 @@ pkg_check_modules(DOOCS REQUIRED ${DOOCS_FIND_COMPONENTS})
 string(REPLACE ";" " " DOOCS_CFLAGS "${DOOCS_CFLAGS}")
 string(REPLACE ";" " " DOOCS_LDFLAGS "${DOOCS_LDFLAGS}")
 
+# thread libraries are required by DOOCS but seem not to be added through pkgconfig...
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+
 set(DOOCS_DIR "${DOOCS_doocs-doocsapi_LIBDIR}")
 set(DOOCS_VERSION "${DOOCS_doocs-doocsapi_VERSION}")
 set(DOOCS_CXX_FLAGS ${DOOCS_CFLAGS})
-set(DOOCS_LIBRARIES ${DOOCS_LDFLAGS})
+set(DOOCS_LIBRARIES ${DOOCS_LDFLAGS} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 set(DOOCS_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--no-as-needed")
 set(DOOCS_LINK_FLAGS ${DOOCS_LINKER_FLAGS})