diff --git a/package/berkeleydb/berkeleydb.mk b/package/berkeleydb/berkeleydb.mk
index 30fc5182ec..e5c11bddcf 100644
--- a/package/berkeleydb/berkeleydb.mk
+++ b/package/berkeleydb/berkeleydb.mk
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ define BERKELEYDB_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		$(SHARED_STATIC_LIBS_OPTS) \
 		--with-pic \
 		--enable-o_direct \
+		$(if $(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),--enable-mutexsupport,--disable-mutexsupport) \
 	)
 endef