diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index c7c097c3..0eade2cc 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -298,6 +298,12 @@ foreach(ff_comp avcodec avdevice avformat avfilter avutil postproc swscale swres
   endif()
 endforeach()
 
+################### Threads ####################
+# Threading library -- uses IMPORTED target Threads::Threads (since CMake 3.1)
+set(CMAKE_THREAD_PREFER_PTHREAD TRUE)
+set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG TRUE)
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+target_link_libraries(openshot PUBLIC Threads::Threads)
 
 ################### OPENMP #####################
 # Check for OpenMP (used for multi-core processing)
@@ -310,7 +316,6 @@ if(NOT TARGET OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
     add_library(OpenMP_TARGET INTERFACE)
     add_library(OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX ALIAS OpenMP_TARGET)
     target_compile_options(OpenMP_TARGET INTERFACE ${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS})
-    find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
     target_link_libraries(OpenMP_TARGET INTERFACE Threads::Threads)
     target_link_libraries(OpenMP_TARGET INTERFACE ${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS})
 endif()