diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/Makefile
index df15d44aeb8d..90aadd86fa0d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # Copyright (C) 2020 ARM Limited
 
-CFLAGS += -std=gnu99 -I. -lpthread
+CFLAGS += -std=gnu99 -I. -pthread
+LDFLAGS += -pthread
 SRCS := $(filter-out mte_common_util.c,$(wildcard *.c))
 PROGS := $(patsubst %.c,%,$(SRCS))