diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8fc93008..14720ab6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ if(LLVM_CONFIG_PATH)
     set(LLVM_CONFIG_BINARY ${LLVM_CONFIG_PATH})
 endif(LLVM_CONFIG_PATH)
 
+#set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
 message(STATUS "Checking for yaml-cpp...")
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ list(REMOVE_ITEM SOURCES ${MAIN_SOURCE_FILE})
 add_library(clang-umllib OBJECT ${SOURCES})
 
 add_executable(clang-uml ${MAIN_SOURCE_FILE})
-target_link_libraries(clang-uml ${LIBCLANG_LIBRARIES} ${YAML_CPP_LIBRARIES} cppast clang-umllib Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(clang-uml ${LIBCLANG_LIBRARIES} ${YAML_CPP_LIBRARIES} cppast clang-umllib ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
 target_compile_features(clang-uml PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 81e9ede3..e8165f01 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ target_link_libraries(test_util
     PRIVATE
     ${LIBCLANG_LIBRARIES}
     ${YAML_CPP_LIBRARIES}
-    clang-umllib cppast Threads::Threads)
+    clang-umllib cppast ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
 add_executable(test_model
     ${CLANG_UML_TEST_MODEL_SRC}
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ target_link_libraries(test_model
     PRIVATE
     ${LIBCLANG_LIBRARIES}
     ${YAML_CPP_LIBRARIES}
-    clang-umllib cppast Threads::Threads)
+    clang-umllib cppast ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
 add_executable(test_decorator_parser
     ${CLANG_UML_TEST_DECORATOR_PARSER_SRC}
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ target_link_libraries(test_decorator_parser
     PRIVATE
     ${LIBCLANG_LIBRARIES}
     ${YAML_CPP_LIBRARIES}
-    clang-umllib cppast Threads::Threads)
+    clang-umllib cppast ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
 add_executable(test_config
     ${CLANG_UML_TEST_CONFIG_SRC}
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ target_link_libraries(test_config
     PRIVATE
     ${LIBCLANG_LIBRARIES}
     ${YAML_CPP_LIBRARIES}
-    clang-umllib cppast Threads::Threads)
+    clang-umllib cppast ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
 add_executable(test_filters
     ${CLANG_UML_TEST_FILTERS_SRC}
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ target_link_libraries(test_filters
     PRIVATE
     ${LIBCLANG_LIBRARIES}
     ${YAML_CPP_LIBRARIES}
-    clang-umllib cppast Threads::Threads)
+    clang-umllib cppast ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
 add_executable(test_thread_pool_executor
     ${CLANG_UML_TEST_THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR_SRC}
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ target_link_libraries(test_thread_pool_executor
     PRIVATE
     ${LIBCLANG_LIBRARIES}
     ${YAML_CPP_LIBRARIES}
-    clang-umllib cppast Threads::Threads)
+    clang-umllib cppast ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
 add_executable(test_cases
     ${CLANG_UML_TEST_CASES_SRC}
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ target_link_libraries(test_cases
     PRIVATE
     ${LIBCLANG_LIBRARIES}
     ${YAML_CPP_LIBRARIES}
-    clang-umllib cppast Threads::Threads)
+    clang-umllib cppast ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
 foreach(TEST_CASE_CONFIG ${TEST_CASE_CONFIGS})
     file(RELATIVE_PATH