diff --git a/include/empthread.h b/include/empthread.h
index c03091b0..2de66549 100644
--- a/include/empthread.h
+++ b/include/empthread.h
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ typedef struct lwpSem empth_sem_t;
 #endif /* EMPTH_LWP */
 
 #ifdef EMPTH_POSIX
-#include <pthread.h>
 #define EMPTH_FD_READ   0x1
 #define EMPTH_FD_WRITE  0x2
 
diff --git a/src/lib/empthread/pthread.c b/src/lib/empthread/pthread.c
index 39988e7d..869bb3a9 100644
--- a/src/lib/empthread/pthread.c
+++ b/src/lib/empthread/pthread.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>