diff --git a/templates/m4.tmpl b/templates/m4.tmpl
index 96d92d5d8d7..34dfac7730d 100644
--- a/templates/m4.tmpl
+++ b/templates/m4.tmpl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=m4
 version=1.4.12
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
-configure_args="-enable-changeword"
+configure_args="--enable-changeword --enable-threads"
 short_desc="GNU version of UNIX m4 macro language processor"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=855217de304616931844f54bd00a1e03e92452f85de6caeec47b0e8244881ba3