diff --git a/tools/mm/Makefile b/tools/mm/Makefile
index 6c1da51f4177..1c5606cc3334 100644
--- a/tools/mm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/mm/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ TARGETS=page-types slabinfo page_owner_sort
 LIB_DIR = ../lib/api
 LIBS = $(LIB_DIR)/libapi.a
 
-CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -I../lib/
-LDFLAGS += $(LIBS)
+CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -I../lib/ -pthread
+LDFLAGS += $(LIBS) -pthread
 
 all: $(TARGETS)