diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 881c90421..de4ff528d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ message(STATUS "Installing fonts to ${FONTS_INSTALL_DIR}")
 
 
 # Begin project configuration
+mapnik_find_threads()
 mapnik_find_package(ICU REQUIRED COMPONENTS uc i18n data)
 mapnik_find_package(Boost 1.74 REQUIRED COMPONENTS filesystem system regex)
 if(USE_BOOST_REGEX_ICU_WORKAROUND)
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ if(USE_PROJ)
     #https://proj.org/development/cmake.html
     mapnik_find_package(PROJ REQUIRED)
     math(EXPR MAPNIK_PROJ_VERSION "${PROJ_VERSION_MAJOR}*10000 + ${PROJ_VERSION_MINOR}*100 + ${PROJ_VERSION_PATCH}" OUTPUT_FORMAT DECIMAL)
+    message(STATUS "Using mapnik PROJ version: ${MAPNIK_PROJ_VERSION}")
     list(APPEND MAPNIK_COMPILE_DEFS MAPNIK_USE_PROJ MAPNIK_PROJ_VERSION=${MAPNIK_PROJ_VERSION})
     list(APPEND MAPNIK_OPTIONAL_LIBS ${PROJ_LIBRARIES})
     list(APPEND MAPNIK_OPTIONAL_LIBS_INCLUDE ${PROJ_INCLUDE_DIRS})
@@ -242,6 +244,7 @@ target_include_directories(core INTERFACE
     ${MAPNIK_OPTIONAL_LIBS_INCLUDE}
 )
 target_link_libraries(core INTERFACE 
+    Threads::Threads
     ICU::uc
     ICU::data
     ICU::i18n
diff --git a/cmake/MapnikFindPackage.cmake b/cmake/MapnikFindPackage.cmake
index 14c33805e..a4a10ba7d 100644
--- a/cmake/MapnikFindPackage.cmake
+++ b/cmake/MapnikFindPackage.cmake
@@ -21,3 +21,18 @@ macro(mapnik_find_package)
     list(APPEND MAPNIK_DEPENDENCIES "find_dependency(${MAPNIK_TMP_DEP})")
     mapnik_print_version(${ARGV0})
 endmacro()
+
+macro(mapnik_find_threads)
+    find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+    if(CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT)
+        message(STATUS "Using Threads (system libraries)")
+    elseif(CMAKE_USE_WIN32_THREADS_INIT)
+        message(STATUS "Using Threads (win32 threads)")
+    elseif(CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT)
+        message(STATUS "Using Threads (pthread)")
+    elseif(CMAKE_HP_PTHREADS_INIT)
+        message(STATUS "Using Threads (HP thread)")
+    else()
+        message(STATUS "Using Threads (unknown backend)")
+    endif()
+endmacro()