diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f04e7cc36d..b41484400a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ endif()
 
 if("${STATIC}" MATCHES "ON")
   message(STATUS "Creating a static executable")
+  if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
+    set(LEAN_EXTRA_LINKER_FLAGS "${LEAN_EXTRA_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--whole-archive -lpthread -Wl,--no-whole-archive")
+  endif()
   set(LEAN_EXTRA_LINKER_FLAGS "${LEAN_EXTRA_LINKER_FLAGS} -static")
 endif()