diff --git a/package/pocketpy/pocketpy.mk b/package/pocketpy/pocketpy.mk
index 23789dd620..c1ae075d38 100644
--- a/package/pocketpy/pocketpy.mk
+++ b/package/pocketpy/pocketpy.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ POCKETPY_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 POCKETPY_CONF_OPTS = -DPK_BUILD_SHARED_LIB=ON
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
+POCKETPY_CONF_OPTS += -DPK_ENABLE_THREADS=ON
+else
+POCKETPY_CONF_OPTS += -DPK_ENABLE_THREADS=OFF
+endif
+
 define POCKETPY_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/libpocketpy.so* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib
 endef