diff --git a/tcp-proxy/Makefile b/tcp-proxy/Makefile
index ff77d2b6b..c14ce2728 100644
--- a/tcp-proxy/Makefile
+++ b/tcp-proxy/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CXX=$(shell which clang++ g++ c++ 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
 INCLUDES?=-I../ext/prometheus-cpp-lite-1.0/core/include  -I../ext/prometheus-cpp-lite-1.0/simpleapi/include
 
 all:
-	$(CXX) -O3 -fno-rtti $(INCLUDES) -std=c++11 -frtti  -o tcp-proxy tcp-proxy.cpp ../node/Metrics.cpp
+	$(CXX) -O3 -fno-rtti $(INCLUDES) -std=c++11 -pthread -frtti  -o tcp-proxy tcp-proxy.cpp ../node/Metrics.cpp
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o tcp-proxy *.dSYM