diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1c60a59..74a28ac 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@
 dnl pthread-stubs is mandatory on BSD platforms, due to the nature of the
 dnl project. Even then there's a notable issue as described in the project README
 case "$host_os" in
-linux* | cygwin* | darwin* | solaris* | gnu*)
+linux* | cygwin* | darwin* | solaris* | *-gnu* | gnu*)
     pthread_stubs_possible="no"
     ;;
 * )