diff --git a/docs/examples/Makefile.example b/docs/examples/Makefile.example
index f18baa2d6cc569915d728c428b713714c3b5e056..03e7c3f64cf1e621d2ffeb1538e2ae4c43498843 100644
--- a/docs/examples/Makefile.example
+++ b/docs/examples/Makefile.example
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ LDFLAGS = -L/home/dast/lib -L/usr/local/ssl/lib
 # We need -lsocket and -lnsl when on Solaris
 # We need -lssl and -lcrypto when using libcurl with SSL support
 # We need -ldl for dlopen() if that is in libdl
+# We need -lpthread for the pthread example
 LIBS = -lcurl -lsocket -lnsl -lssl -lcrypto -dl
 
 # Link the target with all objects and libraries