diff --git a/gdal.changes b/gdal.changes
index ddd97af..364cb0b 100644
--- a/gdal.changes
+++ b/gdal.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May 29 08:37:19 UTC 2015 - guillaume@opensuse.org
+
+- Fix ECW detection in configure script (need to add -pthread to CFLAGS)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat May  2 18:47:37 UTC 2015 - ecsos@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gdal.spec b/gdal.spec
index 4205107..8304b74 100644
--- a/gdal.spec
+++ b/gdal.spec
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ autoreconf -fi
         --with-xerces-lib="-lxerces-c" \
         --with-xerces-inc=%{_includedir}/xercesc \
 %if %{with ecw_support}
-	--with-ecw              \
+	--with-ecw                \
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pthread" \
 %endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1310
 	--without-hdf4		\