diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3d2735b50..2b1040daa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -442,7 +442,15 @@ if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.1)
     set_property(TARGET Threads::Threads PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}")
     set_property(TARGET Threads::Threads PROPERTY IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LANGUAGES "CXX")
     include(GNUInstallDirs)
-    set_property(TARGET Threads::Threads PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION /usr/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES}pthread${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+    # Fix bug in Debian 8.11
+    if(${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Debian")
+        if(${LINUX_VER} VERSION_LESS 8.12)
+            if(ARCH_64BITS)
+                set(FIX_PTHREADS_LOCATION "x86_64-linux-gnu/")
+            endif()
+        endif()
+    endif()
+    set_property(TARGET Threads::Threads PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION /usr/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${FIX_PTHREADS_LOCATION}${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES}pthread${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
 else()
     set(CMAKE_THREAD_PREFER_PTHREAD TRUE)
     if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)