diff --git a/network/wireshark/wireshark.conf b/network/wireshark/wireshark.conf
index 3a2b693f6..45e34cda1 100644
--- a/network/wireshark/wireshark.conf
+++ b/network/wireshark/wireshark.conf
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
+# thread support
+if [ "$SDECFG_PKG_GLIBC_TLS" = 1 ]; then
+	var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-threads"
+fi
+
 var_append confopt ' ' "--without-ucdsnmp"
 var_append confopt ' ' "--with-ssl"