diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/Makefile.tmk b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/Makefile.tmk
index 25775d396..db8a1d724 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/Makefile.tmk
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/Makefile.tmk
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ NV_COMPONENT_NAME		:= nvgpu-drv
 NV_COMPONENT_OWN_INTERFACE_DIR	:= .
 NV_COMPONENT_SOURCES		:= $(srcs)
 NV_COMPONENT_INCLUDES		:= . include ../../../include
+ifneq ($(NV_BUILD_CONFIGURATION_OS_IS_QNX),1)
 NV_COMPONENT_SYSTEM_SHARED_LIBRARIES += pthread
+endif
 NV_COMPONENT_CFLAGS		+= -D__NVGPU_POSIX__
 
 include $(NV_BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)