diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl_5.34.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl_5.34.0.bb
index a6ae80f07e1..3306a093692 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl_5.34.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl_5.34.0.bb
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ do_configure:class-target() {
     ./configure --prefix=${prefix} --libdir=${libdir} \
     --target=${TARGET_SYS} \
     -Duseshrplib \
+    -Dusethreads \
     -Dsoname=libperl.so.5 \
     -Dvendorprefix=${prefix} \
     -Darchlibexp=${STAGING_LIBDIR}/perl5/${PV}/${TARGET_ARCH}-linux \