diff --git a/spa/plugins/support/meson.build b/spa/plugins/support/meson.build
index d3a877e2a..b322792f3 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/support/meson.build
+++ b/spa/plugins/support/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ spa_support_lib = shared_library('spa-support',
 			spa_support_sources,
 			c_args : [ '-D_GNU_SOURCE' ],
 			include_directories : [ spa_inc],
-			dependencies : threads_dep,
+			dependencies : pthread_lib,
 			install : true,
 			install_dir : '@0@/spa/support'.format(get_option('libdir')))
 
diff --git a/spa/plugins/test/meson.build b/spa/plugins/test/meson.build
index e9bb1f2b8..852f16d0d 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/test/meson.build
+++ b/spa/plugins/test/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ test_sources = ['fakesrc.c', 'fakesink.c', 'plugin.c']
 testlib = shared_library('spa-test',
                           test_sources,
                           include_directories : [ spa_inc],
-                          dependencies : threads_dep,
+                          dependencies : pthread_lib,
                           install : true,
                           install_dir : '@0@/spa/test'.format(get_option('libdir')))
diff --git a/spa/plugins/videotestsrc/meson.build b/spa/plugins/videotestsrc/meson.build
index cb6652483..cf73f4d09 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/videotestsrc/meson.build
+++ b/spa/plugins/videotestsrc/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ videotestsrc_sources = ['videotestsrc.c', 'plugin.c']
 videotestsrclib = shared_library('spa-videotestsrc',
                                  videotestsrc_sources,
                                  include_directories : [ spa_inc],
-                                 dependencies : threads_dep,
+                                 dependencies : pthread_lib,
                                  install : true,
                                  install_dir : '@0@/spa/videotestsrc'.format(get_option('libdir')))