diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index def8c48c..7474ec33 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ subdir('loaders')
 subdir('savers')
 subdir('bindings')
 
-thread_dep = meson.get_compiler('cpp').find_library('pthread')
-thorvg_lib_dep = [common_dep, loader_dep, saver_dep, binding_dep, thread_dep]
+thorvg_lib_dep = [common_dep, loader_dep, saver_dep, binding_dep]
+if host_machine.system() != 'windows'
+    thread_dep = meson.get_compiler('cpp').find_library('pthread')
+    thorvg_lib_dep += [thread_dep]
+endif
 
 thorvg_lib = library(
 	'thorvg',