diff --git a/hermit/usr/examples/Makefile b/hermit/usr/examples/Makefile
index a576b73a7..61ca27a76 100644
--- a/hermit/usr/examples/Makefile
+++ b/hermit/usr/examples/Makefile
@@ -60,9 +60,13 @@ jacobi: jacobi.o
 	$Q$(OBJCOPY_FOR_TARGET) $(STRIP_DEBUG) $@
 	$Qchmod a-x $@.sym
 
+thr_hello.o: thr_hello.c
+	 @echo [CC] $@
+	$Q$(CC_FOR_TARGET) -c $(CFLAGS) -pthread -o $@ $<
+
 thr_hello: thr_hello.o
 	@echo [LD] $@
-	$Q$(CC_FOR_TARGET) $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $< -lpthread
+	$Q$(CC_FOR_TARGET) $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $< -pthread
 	$Q$(OBJCOPY_FOR_TARGET) $(KEEP_DEBUG) $@ $@.sym
 	$Q$(OBJCOPY_FOR_TARGET) $(STRIP_DEBUG) $@
 	$Qchmod a-x $@.sym
diff --git a/hermit/usr/gcc b/hermit/usr/gcc
index 563abbc07..83f826227 160000
--- a/hermit/usr/gcc
+++ b/hermit/usr/gcc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 563abbc0731039ed7661fdeba1c408554710c624
+Subproject commit 83f826227fbf614d01c296584fa72bda9db7d5de