diff --git a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 50920945..f06b1cfb 100644
--- a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -176,5 +176,5 @@ if (BARRIER_BUILD_TESTS)
     add_test(guiunittests guiunittests)
 
     target_include_directories(guiunittests PUBLIC ../../ext)
-    target_link_libraries(guiunittests gtest gmock Qt5::Core Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Network pthread)
+    target_link_libraries(guiunittests gtest gmock Qt5::Core Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Network ${libs})
 endif()