diff --git a/boost-dbus/CMakeLists.txt b/boost-dbus/CMakeLists.txt
index 736d030..57bd8bd 100644
--- a/boost-dbus/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/boost-dbus/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@
 target_link_libraries(dbustests ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
 target_link_libraries(dbustests ${DBus_LIBRARIES})
 target_link_libraries(dbustests ${GTEST_BOTH_LIBRARIES} gmock)
-target_link_libraries(dbustests -pthread)
+target_link_libraries(dbustests pthread)
 add_test(dbustests dbustests "--gtest_output=xml:${test_name}.xml")