diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 963e679c37..1cc2d2fd78 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2010-03-03  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
 
+	* lib/gdb.exp (gdb_compile_pthreads): Handle case where
+	libc contains libpthread.
+
 	* gdb.threads/linux-dp.c (shared_random): Call rand instead of rand_r.
 	* gdb.threads/linux-dp.exp: Compile with gdb_compile_pthreads instead
 	of gdb_compile.  Add another pattern to match android backtrace.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
index 8c18f331e1..fbe028548f 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
@@ -1929,7 +1929,7 @@ proc gdb_compile {source dest type options} {
 proc gdb_compile_pthreads {source dest type options} {
     set built_binfile 0
     set why_msg "unrecognized error"
-    foreach lib {-lpthreads -lpthread -lthread} {
+    foreach lib {-lpthreads -lpthread -lthread ""} {
         # This kind of wipes out whatever libs the caller may have
         # set.  Or maybe theirs will override ours.  How infelicitous.
         set options_with_lib [concat $options [list libs=$lib quiet]]