diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index dfdc6247fe1cf7594fd0f0b812692fdda6e2da35..2f1215d5d40f57a2b8859d42206ac94220120f29 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ OpenLDAP 2.4 Change Log
 
 OpenLDAP 2.4.X Engineering
 	Fixed slapd include handling (ITS#5276)
+	Fixed libldap_r threaded library linking (ITS#4982)
 	Documentation
 		DB_CONFIG.example URL wrong in comments (ITS#5288)
 
diff --git a/libraries/libldap_r/Makefile.in b/libraries/libldap_r/Makefile.in
index 48df9f7550c4661d0b0f65c6afced1dee6cf3efb..5316822393f604c887ff8ef8c92f4a44ef6c347c 100644
--- a/libraries/libldap_r/Makefile.in
+++ b/libraries/libldap_r/Makefile.in
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ XLIBS = $(LIBRARY) $(LDAP_LIBLBER_LA) $(LDAP_LIBLUTIL_A)
 XXLIBS = $(SECURITY_LIBS) $(LUTIL_LIBS)
 XXXLIBS = $(LTHREAD_LIBS)
 NT_LINK_LIBS = $(LDAP_LIBLBER_LA) $(AC_LIBS) $(SECURITY_LIBS)
-UNIX_LINK_LIBS = $(LDAP_LIBLBER_LA) $(AC_LIBS) $(SECURITY_LIBS)
+UNIX_LINK_LIBS = $(LDAP_LIBLBER_LA) $(AC_LIBS) $(SECURITY_LIBS) $(LTHREAD_LIBS)
 
 .links : Makefile
 	@for i in $(XXSRCS); do \