diff --git a/src/template/freebsd b/src/template/freebsd
index 38c58a6e6effd26499f502ac7daec40d9fff4735..f4a16103189b27be4daddbabe8719c489cdf1ca3 100644
--- a/src/template/freebsd
+++ b/src/template/freebsd
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ esac
 
 case $host_os in
 	freebsd2*|freebsd3*|freebsd4*) ;;
-	*) THREAD_LIBS="c_r";;	 # do we need this?  2004-04-23
+	*) PTHREAD_LIBS="c_r";;	 # do we need this?  2004-04-23
 esac