diff --git a/caosdbConfig.cmake b/caosdbConfig.cmake
index cda14607fd77666effc0409fef2d08d3cb6e1daf..7307a94a5a397d41da66481c373f80e6c4153592 100644
--- a/caosdbConfig.cmake
+++ b/caosdbConfig.cmake
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ get_filename_component(CAOSDB_CMAKE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH)
 
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 
+find_dependency(Threads CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_dependency(Protobuf CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_dependency(gRPC CONFIG REQUIRED)