diff --git a/libcxxabi/src/CMakeLists.txt b/libcxxabi/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 0a6fc892a4f69..4bc8884e07b8e 100644
--- a/libcxxabi/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libcxxabi/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ endif()
 
 if (NOT APPLE) # On Apple platforms, we always use -nostdlib++ so we don't need to re-add other libraries
   if (LIBCXXABI_ENABLE_THREADS)
-    add_library_flags_if(LIBCXXABI_HAS_PTHREAD_LIB pthread)
+    set(LIBCXXABI_PTHREAD_LIB_NAME "pthread" CACHE STRING "")
+    add_library_flags_if(LIBCXXABI_HAS_PTHREAD_LIB ${LIBCXXABI_PTHREAD_LIB_NAME})
   endif()
 
   add_library_flags_if(LIBCXXABI_HAS_C_LIB c)