diff --git a/lib/libzpool/Makefile.am b/lib/libzpool/Makefile.am
index 5e9d97b05d..744dbfce30 100644
--- a/lib/libzpool/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/libzpool/Makefile.am
@@ -153,3 +153,5 @@ libzpool_la_SOURCES = \
 	${top_srcdir}/module/zfs/include/sys/fm/protocol.h \
 	${top_srcdir}/module/zfs/include/sys/fm/util.h \
 	${top_srcdir}/module/zfs/include/sys/fm/fs/zfs.h
+
+libzpool_la_LDFLAGS = -pthread
diff --git a/lib/libzpool/include/sys/zfs_context.h b/lib/libzpool/include/sys/zfs_context.h
index 589ef6c3e0..c2ea43b63b 100644
--- a/lib/libzpool/include/sys/zfs_context.h
+++ b/lib/libzpool/include/sys/zfs_context.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ extern void vpanic(const char *, __va_list);
  */
 #define	TS_MAGIC		0x72f158ab4261e538ull
 #define	TS_RUN			0x00000002
-#ifdef _linux_
+#ifdef __linux__
 #define	STACK_SIZE		8192	/* Linux x86 and amd64 */
 #else
 #define	STACK_SIZE		24576	/* Solaris */