diff --git a/package/base-files/Makefile b/package/base-files/Makefile
index b7fb07309eb18d7158ae1c4318a6d33c77a861a2..60f9f83b5c18625d2f62098a67a3172953cb7059 100644
--- a/package/base-files/Makefile
+++ b/package/base-files/Makefile
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ ifneq ($(BUILD_LIBGCC),)
 		"$(wildcard $(TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/lib/libpthread_so.a)" \
 		"$(patsubst $(TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/lib/%,$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/%,$(wildcard $(TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/lib/libpthread-*.so))" \
 		-Wl,-z,nodelete,-z,initfirst,-init=__pthread_initialize_minimal_internal \
-		-ldl $(BUILD_LIBGCC) \
+		-ldl -lc $(BUILD_LIBGCC) \
 		-Wl,-soname=libpthread.so.0
   endef
   define Build/Compile/libgcc