diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ea860622b..927ba72c8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1085,9 +1085,9 @@ endif(ENABLE_GPROF)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${MY_CXX_FLAGS}")
 
 if(OS_IS_LINUX)
-    if(${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Fedora" OR ${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "openSUSE")
+    if(${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Fedora" OR ${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "openSUSE" OR ${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "ArchLinux")
         link_libraries(pthread)
-    endif(${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Fedora" OR ${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "openSUSE")
+    endif(${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Fedora" OR ${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "openSUSE" OR ${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "ArchLinux")
 endif(OS_IS_LINUX)