diff --git a/package/dbus/dbus.mk b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
index fc446b1a6..0c8fcf3e3 100644
--- a/package/dbus/dbus.mk
+++ b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ define DBUS_USERS
 endef
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB),y)
-DBUS_CONF_OPT += LIBS='-lpthread'
+DBUS_CONF_OPT += LIBS='-pthread'
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_microblaze),y)