diff --git a/examples/dtls/Makefile b/examples/dtls/Makefile
index f3c4dba6018d..62214a2bc0e8 100644
--- a/examples/dtls/Makefile
+++ b/examples/dtls/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ USEMODULE += gnrc_icmpv6_echo
 USEMODULE += shell
 USEMODULE += shell_commands
 USEMODULE += ps
-USEMODULE += pthread
+ifeq (,$(filter native,$(BOARD)))
+  USEMODULE += pthread
+endif
 USEPKG += tinydtls
 
 # Comment this out to disable code in RIOT that does safety checking