diff --git a/neon.spec b/neon.spec
index 5f3527c..1cf54f3 100644
--- a/neon.spec
+++ b/neon.spec
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ The development library for the C language HTTP and WebDAV client library.
 %patch0 -p1 -b .multilib
 
 %build
+export CC="%{__cc} -pthread"
 %configure --with-ssl --with-expat --enable-shared --enable-warnings \
         --enable-threadsafe-ssl=posix
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %changelog
 * Thu Aug 30 2007 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> 0.27.0-2
-- enable thread-safety hooks
+- enable OpenSSL thread-safety hooks
 
 * Wed Aug 22 2007 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> 0.27.0-1
 - update to 0.27.0 (#243638)