diff --git a/cmake/SFMLConfigDependencies.cmake.in b/cmake/SFMLConfigDependencies.cmake.in
index 6762accff..7a67583e5 100644
--- a/cmake/SFMLConfigDependencies.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/SFMLConfigDependencies.cmake.in
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ if(SFML_STATIC_LIBRARIES)
     # start with an empty list
     set(FIND_SFML_DEPENDENCIES_NOTFOUND)
 
+    # SFML::System
+    find_dependency(Threads)
+
     # SFML::Window
     list(FIND SFML_FIND_COMPONENTS "Window" FIND_SFML_WINDOW_COMPONENT_INDEX)
     if(FIND_SFML_WINDOW_COMPONENT_INDEX GREATER -1)
diff --git a/examples/island/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/island/CMakeLists.txt
index 25ab69c77..a19660413 100644
--- a/examples/island/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/island/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+
 # all source files
 set(SRC Island.cpp)
 
@@ -10,7 +12,4 @@ sfml_add_example(island GUI_APP
 # external dependency headers
 target_include_directories(island SYSTEM PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/island)
 
-# link against pthread
-if(SFML_OS_LINUX OR SFML_OS_FREEBSD OR SFML_OS_MACOS)
-    target_link_libraries(island PRIVATE pthread)
-endif()
+target_link_libraries(island PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
diff --git a/src/SFML/System/CMakeLists.txt b/src/SFML/System/CMakeLists.txt
index d69f3e70d..74d48531c 100644
--- a/src/SFML/System/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/SFML/System/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ else()
     source_group("unix" FILES ${PLATFORM_SRC})
 endif()
 
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+
 # define the sfml-system target
 sfml_add_library(System
                  SOURCES ${SRC} ${PLATFORM_SRC})
@@ -80,10 +82,7 @@ if(SFML_OS_ANDROID)
     target_include_directories(sfml-system SYSTEM PRIVATE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/extlibs/headers/glad/include")
 endif()
 
-# setup dependencies
-if(SFML_OS_LINUX OR SFML_OS_FREEBSD OR SFML_OS_MACOS)
-    target_link_libraries(sfml-system PRIVATE pthread)
-endif()
+target_link_libraries(sfml-system PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
 
 if(SFML_OS_LINUX)
     target_link_libraries(sfml-system PRIVATE rt)