diff --git a/build/meson/meson.build b/build/meson/meson.build
index b17128bd..0f9d3117 100644
--- a/build/meson/meson.build
+++ b/build/meson/meson.build
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ decompress_dir = join_paths(lib_dir, 'decompress')
 dictbuilder_dir = join_paths(lib_dir, 'dictBuilder')
 deprecated_dir = join_paths(lib_dir, 'deprecated')
 
-lib_srcs = [join_paths(common_dir, 'entropy_common.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'fse_decompress.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'threading.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'pool.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'zstd_common.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'error_private.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'xxhash.c'), join_paths(compress_dir, 'fse_compress.c'), join_paths(compress_dir, 'huf_compress.c'), join_paths(compress_dir, 'zstd_compress.c'), join_paths(compress_dir, 'zstdmt_compress.c'), join_paths(decompress_dir, 'huf_decompress.c'), join_paths(decompress_dir, 'zstd_decompress.c'), join_paths(dictbuilder_dir, 'cover.c'), join_paths(dictbuilder_dir, 'divsufsort.c'), join_paths(dictbuilder_dir, 'zdict.c'), join_paths(deprecated_dir, 'zbuff_common.c'), join_paths(deprecated_dir, 'zbuff_compress.c'), join_paths(deprecated_dir, 'zbuff_decompress.c')]
+libzstd_srcs = [join_paths(common_dir, 'entropy_common.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'fse_decompress.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'threading.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'pool.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'zstd_common.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'error_private.c'), join_paths(common_dir, 'xxhash.c'), join_paths(compress_dir, 'fse_compress.c'), join_paths(compress_dir, 'huf_compress.c'), join_paths(compress_dir, 'zstd_compress.c'), join_paths(compress_dir, 'zstdmt_compress.c'), join_paths(decompress_dir, 'huf_decompress.c'), join_paths(decompress_dir, 'zstd_decompress.c'), join_paths(dictbuilder_dir, 'cover.c'), join_paths(dictbuilder_dir, 'divsufsort.c'), join_paths(dictbuilder_dir, 'zdict.c'), join_paths(deprecated_dir, 'zbuff_common.c'), join_paths(deprecated_dir, 'zbuff_compress.c'), join_paths(deprecated_dir, 'zbuff_decompress.c')]
 
 libzstd_includes = [include_directories(common_dir, dictbuilder_dir, compress_dir, lib_dir)]
 
@@ -19,15 +19,23 @@ if get_option('legacy_support')
 
     legacy_dir = join_paths(lib_dir, 'legacy')
     libzstd_includes += [include_directories(legacy_dir)]
-    lib_srcs += [join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v01.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v02.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v03.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v04.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v05.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v06.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v07.c')]
+    libzstd_srcs += [join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v01.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v02.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v03.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v04.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v05.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v06.c'), join_paths(legacy_dir, 'zstd_v07.c')]
 else
     libzstd_cflags = []
 endif
 
+if get_option('multithread')
+    add_global_arguments('-DZSTD_MULTITHREAD', language: 'c')
+    libzstd_deps = [dependency('threads')]
+else
+    libzstd_deps = []
+endif
+
 libzstd = library('zstd',
-                  lib_srcs,
+                  libzstd_srcs,
                   include_directories: libzstd_includes,
                   c_args: libzstd_cflags,
+                  dependencies: libzstd_deps,
                   install: true)
 
 programs_dir = join_paths(meson.source_root(), '..', '..', 'programs')
diff --git a/build/meson/meson_options.txt b/build/meson/meson_options.txt
index 0b3d62a3..0a12f43e 100644
--- a/build/meson/meson_options.txt
+++ b/build/meson/meson_options.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+option('multithread', type: 'boolean', value: false)
 option('legacy_support', type: 'boolean', value: false)