diff --git a/mbuni/configure.ac b/mbuni/configure.ac
index 2e9649b..20061b4 100644
--- a/mbuni/configure.ac
+++ b/mbuni/configure.ac
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ case "$host" in
     ;;
   *-*-openbsd* | *-*-freebsd*)
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pthread"
-        AC_CHECK_LIB(c_r, pthread_exit, [LIBS="$LIBS -lc_r -lkse"; pthread="yes"])
+        AC_CHECK_LIB(c_r, pthread_exit, [LIBS="$LIBS -lc_r -lpthread"; pthread="yes"])
     ;;
 esac