diff --git a/source/blender/blenfont/SConscript b/source/blender/blenfont/SConscript
index 3973fed677f..1c573fa4a59 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenfont/SConscript
+++ b/source/blender/blenfont/SConscript
@@ -55,4 +55,7 @@ if sys.platform == 'win32' or env['OURPLATFORM'] == 'linuxcross':
 if env['WITH_BF_INTERNATIONAL']:
     defs.append('WITH_INTERNATIONAL')
 
+if env['OURPLATFORM'] in ('win32-vc', 'win32-mingw', 'linuxcross', 'win64-vc', 'win64-mingw'):
+    incs.append(env['BF_PTHREADS_INC'])
+
 env.BlenderLib('bf_blenfont', sources, incs, defines=defs, libtype=['core', 'player'], priority=[210, 210])