diff --git a/projects/hip-tests/catch/external/Catch2/cmake/Catch2/Catch.cmake b/projects/hip-tests/catch/external/Catch2/cmake/Catch2/Catch.cmake
index 6960d0ee3a..0a76641fe5 100644
--- a/projects/hip-tests/catch/external/Catch2/cmake/Catch2/Catch.cmake
+++ b/projects/hip-tests/catch/external/Catch2/cmake/Catch2/Catch.cmake
@@ -374,6 +374,8 @@ function(hip_add_exe_to_target)
     if(UNIX)
       set(_LINKER_LIBS ${_LINKER_LIBS} stdc++fs)
       set(_LINKER_LIBS ${_LINKER_LIBS} -ldl)
+      set(_LINKER_LIBS ${_LINKER_LIBS} pthread)
+      set(_LINKER_LIBS ${_LINKER_LIBS} rt)
     else()
       # res files are built resource files using rc files.
       # use llvm-rc exe to build the res files