diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/Makefile
index 464c9b76148f..7550f08822a3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-CFLAGS += -g -I../../../../usr/include/ -lpthread
+CFLAGS += -g -I../../../../usr/include/ -pthread
 
 TEST_GEN_PROGS := pidfd_test pidfd_open_test pidfd_poll_test pidfd_wait