diff --git a/src/template/darwin b/src/template/darwin
index baf462baf629e77860bbd068214fee4b5557856e..71b20b62025245f61e88d25ff0ef94e5a89500a2 100644
--- a/src/template/darwin
+++ b/src/template/darwin
@@ -4,3 +4,10 @@ CC="$CC -no-cpp-precomp"
 
 # Select appropriate semaphore support
 USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES=1
+
+THREAD_SUPPORT=yes
+# verified 2004-04-07
+STRERROR_THREADSAFE=yes
+GETPWUID_THREADSAFE=yes
+GETHOSTBYNAME_THREADSAFE=yes
+