diff --git a/source/blender/blenloader/SConscript b/source/blender/blenloader/SConscript
index 8950c4f7702..778cbef2a8b 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenloader/SConscript
+++ b/source/blender/blenloader/SConscript
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ incs += ' ../render/extern/include ../makesrna ../nodes ../bmesh ../imbuf'
 
 incs += ' ' + env['BF_ZLIB_INC']
 
+if env['OURPLATFORM'] in ('win32-vc', 'win32-mingw', 'linuxcross', 'win64-vc', 'win64-mingw'):
+    incs += ' ' + env['BF_PTHREADS_INC']
+
 defs = []
 
 if env['WITH_BF_INTERNATIONAL']: