diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/rocksdb/rocksdb_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/rocksdb/rocksdb_git.bb
index addf9552b5..b9038df81d 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/rocksdb/rocksdb_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/rocksdb/rocksdb_git.bb
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ do_install_append() {
     # fix for qa check buildpaths
     sed -i "s#${RECIPE_SYSROOT}##g" ${D}${libdir}/cmake/rocksdb/RocksDBTargets.cmake
 }
+
+LDFLAGS_append_riscv64 = " -pthread"