diff --git a/lib/tls/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/tls/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f546a584..47396a88d 100644
--- a/lib/tls/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/tls/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ if (LWS_WITH_SSL)
 		set(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS} PARENT_SCOPE)
 		set(VARIA wolfSSL_)
 
-		list(APPEND LIB_LIST "${WOLFSSL_LIBRARIES}")
+		list(INSERT LIB_LIST 0 "${WOLFSSL_LIBRARIES}")
 		message("LIB_LIST ${LIB_LIST}")
 		set(chose_ssl 1)
 	endif()
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ if (LWS_WITH_SSL)
 			include_directories("${inc}" "${inc}/mbedtls")
 		endforeach()
 
-		list(APPEND LIB_LIST "${MBEDTLS_LIBRARIES}")
+		list(INSERT LIB_LIST 0 "${MBEDTLS_LIBRARIES}")
 	endif()
 	
 	if (LWS_WITH_MBEDTLS)
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ if (LWS_WITH_SSL)
 		if (OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS)
 			include_directories("${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 			if (NOT LWS_PLAT_FREERTOS)
-				list(APPEND LIB_LIST ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
+				list(INSERT LIB_LIST 0 ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
 			endif()
 	
 			if (NOT LWS_WITH_MBEDTLS)
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ endif()
 if (UNIX AND NOT (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "QNX"))
 	set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES} dl)
 endif()
+if ((CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC OR CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX) AND NOT (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "QNX"))
+	set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES} pthread)
+endif()
 
 if (NOT VARIA)
 	set(VARIA "")