diff --git a/lib/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index cc73f99..4f2e451 100755
--- a/lib/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
 # Find required packages
-find_package(Boost 1.53.0 REQUIRED)
+if(WITH_BOOSTTHREADS)
+  find_package(Boost 1.53.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS system thread)
+else()
+  find_package(Boost 1.53.0 REQUIRED)
+endif()
 include_directories("${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 
 include_directories(src)
@@ -98,9 +102,9 @@
     list(APPEND SYSLIBS "${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}")
 endif()
 
-# WITH_*THREADS selects whicht threading library to use
+# WITH_*THREADS selects which threading library to use
 if(WITH_BOOSTTHREADS)
-    set( USE_BOOST_THREAD 1)
+    add_definitions("-DUSE_BOOST_THREAD=1")
     set( thriftcpp_threads_SOURCES
         src/thrift/concurrency/BoostThreadFactory.cpp
         src/thrift/concurrency/BoostMonitor.cpp
@@ -115,7 +119,11 @@
         src/thrift/concurrency/Monitor.cpp
     )
 else()
-    set( USE_STD_THREAD 1)
+    add_definitions("-DUSE_STD_THREAD=1")
+    if(UNIX)
+        # need pthread for multi-thread support
+        list(APPEND SYSLIBS pthread)
+    endif()
     set( thriftcpp_threads_SOURCES
         src/thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.cpp
         src/thrift/concurrency/StdMutex.cpp
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/BoostThreadFactory.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/BoostThreadFactory.cpp
index 5f6dade..96cb6d6 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/BoostThreadFactory.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/BoostThreadFactory.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <thrift/thrift-config.h>
 
-#ifdef USE_BOOST_THREAD
+#if USE_BOOST_THREAD
 
 #include <thrift/concurrency/BoostThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Exception.h>
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h
index 311c3db..545b572 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 namespace concurrency {
 
 // clang-format off
-#ifdef USE_BOOST_THREAD
+#if USE_BOOST_THREAD
   typedef BoostThreadFactory PlatformThreadFactory;
 #elif USE_STD_THREAD
   typedef StdThreadFactory PlatformThreadFactory;
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.cpp
index 1ff4e73..d57e7ec 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <thrift/thrift-config.h>
 
-#ifdef USE_STD_THREAD
+#if USE_STD_THREAD
 
 #include <thrift/concurrency/StdThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Exception.h>
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TNonblockingServer.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TNonblockingServer.cpp
index a952bf0..705b0ac 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TNonblockingServer.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/server/TNonblockingServer.cpp
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@
   // Launch all the secondary IO threads in separate threads
   if (ioThreads_.size() > 1) {
     ioThreadFactory_.reset(new PlatformThreadFactory(
-#if !defined(USE_BOOST_THREAD) && !defined(USE_STD_THREAD)
+#if !USE_BOOST_THREAD && !USE_STD_THREAD
         PlatformThreadFactory::OTHER,  // scheduler
         PlatformThreadFactory::NORMAL, // priority
         1,                             // stack size (MB)
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/TNonblockingServerTest.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/TNonblockingServerTest.cpp
index b6c4166..2a73439 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/TNonblockingServerTest.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/TNonblockingServerTest.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
   int startServer(int port) {
     boost::scoped_ptr<concurrency::ThreadFactory> threadFactory(
         new concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory(
-#if !defined(USE_BOOST_THREAD) && !defined(USE_STD_THREAD)
+#if !USE_BOOST_THREAD && !USE_STD_THREAD
             concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory::OTHER,
             concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory::NORMAL,
             1,
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/ThreadManagerTests.h b/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/ThreadManagerTests.h
index 27bf6c5..904948c 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/ThreadManagerTests.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/concurrency/ThreadManagerTests.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory> threadFactory
         = shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory>(new PlatformThreadFactory());
 
-#ifndef USE_BOOST_THREAD
+#if !USE_BOOST_THREAD && !USE_STD_THREAD
     threadFactory->setPriority(PosixThreadFactory::HIGHEST);
 #endif
     threadManager->threadFactory(threadFactory);
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
       shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory> threadFactory
           = shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory>(new PlatformThreadFactory());
 
-#ifndef USE_BOOST_THREAD
+#if !USE_BOOST_THREAD && !USE_STD_THREAD
       threadFactory->setPriority(PosixThreadFactory::HIGHEST);
 #endif
       threadManager->threadFactory(threadFactory);
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/processor/ProcessorTest.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/processor/ProcessorTest.cpp
index 300b729..655f481 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/processor/ProcessorTest.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/processor/ProcessorTest.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/Monitor.h>
 #include <thrift/protocol/TBinaryProtocol.h>
 #include <thrift/server/TThreadedServer.h>
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
       const boost::shared_ptr<TProtocolFactory>& protocolFactory) {
     boost::shared_ptr<TServerSocket> socket(new TServerSocket(port));
 
-    boost::shared_ptr<PosixThreadFactory> threadFactory(new PosixThreadFactory);
+    boost::shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory> threadFactory(new PlatformThreadFactory);
     boost::shared_ptr<ThreadManager> threadManager = ThreadManager::newSimpleThreadManager(8);
     threadManager->threadFactory(threadFactory);
     threadManager->start();
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
       throw TException("TNonblockingServer must use TFramedTransport");
     }
 
-    boost::shared_ptr<PosixThreadFactory> threadFactory(new PosixThreadFactory);
+    boost::shared_ptr<PlatformThreadFactory> threadFactory(new PlatformThreadFactory);
     boost::shared_ptr<ThreadManager> threadManager = ThreadManager::newSimpleThreadManager(8);
     threadManager->threadFactory(threadFactory);
     threadManager->start();
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/processor/ServerThread.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/processor/ServerThread.cpp
index aa6fd7f..8834269 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/processor/ServerThread.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/processor/ServerThread.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "ServerThread.h"
 
-#include <thrift/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.h>
+#include <thrift/concurrency/PlatformThreadFactory.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/ThreadManager.h>
 #include <thrift/server/TThreadPoolServer.h>
 #include <thrift/transport/TBufferTransports.h>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   running_ = true;
 
   // Start the other thread
-  concurrency::PosixThreadFactory threadFactory;
+  concurrency::PlatformThreadFactory threadFactory;
   threadFactory.setDetached(false);
   thread_ = threadFactory.newThread(helper_);