diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/default.nix
index 6ac89c4da9f6..d97b4f8a1d79 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/uclibc/default.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ let
     DO_C99_MATH y
     UCLIBC_HAS_PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME y
     UCLIBC_SUSV4_LEGACY y
+    UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS_NATIVE y
     KERNEL_HEADERS "${linuxHeaders}/include"
   '';