diff --git a/package/php/php.mk b/package/php/php.mk
index 5f87d0799c..5bdd04ee6e 100644
--- a/package/php/php.mk
+++ b/package/php/php.mk
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 PHP_CONF_ENV += LIBS="$(PHP_STATIC_LIBS)"
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),yy)
+PHP_STATIC_LIBS += -lpthread
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_LOCALTIME),)
 PHP_LOCALTIME = UTC
 else
@@ -209,9 +213,6 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_PDO_UNIXODBC),y)
 PHP_CONF_OPTS += --with-pdo-odbc=unixODBC,$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 PHP_DEPENDENCIES += unixodbc
-ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),yy)
-PHP_STATIC_LIBS += -lpthread
-endif
 endif
 endif