diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3556a9e4fc..904b9274f9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ if(ENABLE_THREADED_RESOLVER)
     find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
     set(USE_THREADS_POSIX ${CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT})
     set(HAVE_PTHREAD_H ${CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT})
-    list(APPEND CURL_LIBS ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+    list(APPEND CURL_NETWORK_AND_TIME_LIBS ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
   endif()
 endif()