diff --git a/osdep/threads.c b/osdep/threads.c
index 5b164c5179..17642a3f89 100644
--- a/osdep/threads.c
+++ b/osdep/threads.c
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 #include "threads.h"
 #include "timer.h"
 
+#if HAVE_BSD_THREAD_NAME
+#include <pthread_np.h>
+#endif
+
 int mpthread_mutex_init_recursive(pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
 {
     pthread_mutexattr_t attr;
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 4e41c5c821..eb68ab1f5d 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ iconv support use --disable-iconv.",
         'name': 'bsd-thread-name',
         'desc': 'BSD API for setting thread name',
         'deps': '!(glibc-thread-name || osx-thread-name)',
-        'func': check_statement('pthread.h',
+        'func': check_statement(['pthread.h', 'pthread_np.h'],
                                 'pthread_set_name_np(pthread_self(), "ducks")',
                                 use=['pthreads']),
     }, {