diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index 3e86b300f5a1..8dad78e09808 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ hostprogs-$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE) += insert-sys-cert

 HOSTCFLAGS_sortextable.o = -I$(srctree)/tools/include
 HOSTCFLAGS_asn1_compiler.o = -I$(srctree)/include
-HOSTLDLIBS_sign-file = -lcrypto
-HOSTLDLIBS_extract-cert = -lcrypto
+HOSTLDLIBS_sign-file = -lcrypto -lpthread
+HOSTLDLIBS_extract-cert = -lcrypto -lpthread

 always         := $(hostprogs-y) $(hostprogs-m)