diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 7fcbcff4c7..67ddaf46c9 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ def configure(conf):
         conf.env.append_value('CFLAGS', '-DCOMPILER_MINGW')
         conf.env.append_value('CXXFLAGS', '-DPLATFORM_WINDOWS')
         conf.env.append_value('CXXFLAGS', '-DCOMPILER_MINGW')
-        conf.env.append_value('LIB', 'pthreadGC2')
+        conf.env.append_value('LIB', 'pthread')
         # needed for at least libsmf
         conf.check_cc(function_name='htonl', header_name='winsock2.h', lib='ws2_32')
         conf.env.append_value('LIB', 'ws2_32')