diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f2cf36ffd..22832a5bcc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -369,14 +369,14 @@ if(WIN32)
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_THREADED_RESOLVER)
-  find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
   if(WIN32)
     set(USE_THREADS_WIN32 ON)
   else()
+    find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
     set(USE_THREADS_POSIX ${CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT})
     set(HAVE_PTHREAD_H ${CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT})
+    set(CURL_LIBS ${CURL_LIBS} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
   endif()
-  set(CURL_LIBS ${CURL_LIBS} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 endif()
 
 # Check for all needed libraries