diff --git a/package/jasper/jasper.mk b/package/jasper/jasper.mk
index 88633c9661..9ed54989e2 100644
--- a/package/jasper/jasper.mk
+++ b/package/jasper/jasper.mk
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 JASPER_CONF_OPTS += -DJAS_ENABLE_SHARED=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
+JASPER_CONF_OPTS += -DJAS_ENABLE_MULTITHREADING_SUPPORT=ON
+else
+JASPER_CONF_OPTS += -DJAS_ENABLE_MULTITHREADING_SUPPORT=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG),y)
 JASPER_CONF_OPTS += -DJAS_ENABLE_LIBJPEG=ON
 JASPER_DEPENDENCIES += jpeg