diff --git a/package/alessandro/postfix/postfix.conf b/package/alessandro/postfix/postfix.conf
index 64324a9b1..47455feb3 100644
--- a/package/alessandro/postfix/postfix.conf
+++ b/package/alessandro/postfix/postfix.conf
@@ -54,3 +54,6 @@ inmake=pkg_postfix_inmake
 makeinstopt=""
 postmake="pkg_postfix_postmake"
 
+# adding -pthread switch because bdb is using pthreads
+var_append GCC_WRAPPER_INSERT ' ' '-pthread'
+