diff --git a/threads.c b/threads.c
index 25e2790..8d31393 100644
--- a/threads.c
+++ b/threads.c
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
 #include <pthread.h>
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_WIN32_THREADS
+#elif HAVE_WIN32_THREADS
 #include <windows.h>
 #ifndef HAVE_COMPILER_TLS
 #include <process.h>
@@ -412,7 +410,7 @@
     if (tok->held == 0) {
         if (tok->waiters)
             pthread_cond_signal(&tok->cv);
-        tok->tid = 0;
+        memset(&tok->tid, 0, sizeof(tok->tid));
     }
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&tok->lock);
 #elif defined HAVE_WIN32_THREADS
@@ -529,7 +527,8 @@
 void
 __xmlGlobalInitMutexDestroy(void)
 {
-#if defined HAVE_WIN32_THREADS
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
+#elif defined HAVE_WIN32_THREADS
     if (global_init_lock != NULL) {
         DeleteCriticalSection(global_init_lock);
         free(global_init_lock);
@@ -593,8 +592,8 @@
 }
 #endif /* LIBXML_THREAD_ENABLED */
 
-
-#ifdef HAVE_WIN32_THREADS
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
+#elif HAVE_WIN32_THREADS
 #if !defined(HAVE_COMPILER_TLS)
 #if defined(LIBXML_STATIC) && !defined(LIBXML_STATIC_FOR_DLL)
 typedef struct _xmlGlobalStateCleanupHelperParams {
@@ -758,6 +757,8 @@
  * xmlGetThreadId:
  *
  * xmlGetThreadId() find the current thread ID number
+ * Note that this is likely to be broken on some platforms using pthreads
+ * as the specification doesn't mandate pthread_t to be an integer type
  *
  * Returns the current thread ID number
  */
@@ -765,9 +766,15 @@
 xmlGetThreadId(void)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
+    pthread_t id;
+    int ret;
+
     if (libxml_is_threaded == 0)
         return (0);
-    return ((int) pthread_self());
+    id = pthread_self();
+    /* horrible but preserves compat, see warning above */
+    memcpy(&ret, &id, sizeof(ret));
+    return (ret);
 #elif defined HAVE_WIN32_THREADS
     return GetCurrentThreadId();
 #elif defined HAVE_BEOS_THREADS
@@ -803,7 +810,7 @@
     xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext, "xmlIsMainThread()\n");
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
-    return (mainthread == pthread_self());
+    return (pthread_equal(mainthread,pthread_self()));
 #elif defined HAVE_WIN32_THREADS
     return (mainthread == GetCurrentThreadId());
 #elif defined HAVE_BEOS_THREADS
@@ -852,9 +859,6 @@
 void
 xmlInitThreads(void)
 {
-#if defined(HAVE_WIN32_THREADS) && !defined(HAVE_COMPILER_TLS) && (!defined(LIBXML_STATIC) || defined(LIBXML_STATIC_FOR_DLL))
-    InitializeCriticalSection(&cleanup_helpers_cs);
-#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
     if (libxml_is_threaded == -1) {
         if ((pthread_once != NULL) &&
@@ -881,6 +885,8 @@
             libxml_is_threaded = 0;
         }
     }
+#elif defined(HAVE_WIN32_THREADS) && !defined(HAVE_COMPILER_TLS) && (!defined(LIBXML_STATIC) || defined(LIBXML_STATIC_FOR_DLL))
+    InitializeCriticalSection(&cleanup_helpers_cs);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -904,7 +910,10 @@
 #ifdef DEBUG_THREADS
     xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext, "xmlCleanupThreads()\n");
 #endif
-#if defined(HAVE_WIN32_THREADS) && !defined(HAVE_COMPILER_TLS) && (!defined(LIBXML_STATIC) || defined(LIBXML_STATIC_FOR_DLL))
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
+    if ((libxml_is_threaded)  && (pthread_key_delete != NULL))
+        pthread_key_delete(globalkey);
+#elif defined(HAVE_WIN32_THREADS) && !defined(HAVE_COMPILER_TLS) && (!defined(LIBXML_STATIC) || defined(LIBXML_STATIC_FOR_DLL))
     if (globalkey != TLS_OUT_OF_INDEXES) {
         xmlGlobalStateCleanupHelperParams *p;
 
@@ -923,9 +932,6 @@
         globalkey = TLS_OUT_OF_INDEXES;
     }
     DeleteCriticalSection(&cleanup_helpers_cs);
-#elif defined HAVE_PTHREAD_H
-    if ((libxml_is_threaded)  && (pthread_key_delete != NULL))
-        pthread_key_delete(globalkey);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -946,9 +952,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
     (void) pthread_key_create(&globalkey, xmlFreeGlobalState);
     mainthread = pthread_self();
-#endif
-
-#if defined(HAVE_WIN32_THREADS)
+#elif defined(HAVE_WIN32_THREADS)
     if (!run_once.done) {
         if (InterlockedIncrement(&run_once.control) == 1) {
 #if !defined(HAVE_COMPILER_TLS)
@@ -963,9 +967,7 @@
                 Sleep(0);
         }
     }
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_BEOS_THREADS
+#elif HAVE_BEOS_THREADS
     if (atomic_add(&run_once_init, 1) == 0) {
         globalkey = tls_allocate();
         tls_set(globalkey, NULL);
@@ -987,7 +989,8 @@
  *
  * Returns TRUE always
  */
-#if defined(HAVE_WIN32_THREADS) && !defined(HAVE_COMPILER_TLS) && (!defined(LIBXML_STATIC) || defined(LIBXML_STATIC_FOR_DLL))
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
+#elif defined(HAVE_WIN32_THREADS) && !defined(HAVE_COMPILER_TLS) && (!defined(LIBXML_STATIC) || defined(LIBXML_STATIC_FOR_DLL))
 #if defined(LIBXML_STATIC_FOR_DLL)
 BOOL XMLCALL
 xmlDllMain(HINSTANCE hinstDLL, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved)