diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index e2fd6f8d579c..419f58c53d12 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ CFLAGS += -g -Wall -O2 $(GENFLAGS) -I$(APIDIR) -I$(LIBDIR) -I$(BPFDIR)	\
 	  -I$(GENDIR) -I$(TOOLSDIR) -I$(CURDIR)				\
 	  -Dbpf_prog_load=bpf_prog_test_load				\
 	  -Dbpf_load_program=bpf_test_load_program
-LDLIBS += -lcap -lelf -lrt -lpthread
+LDLIBS += -lcap -lelf -lrt -pthread
 
 # Order correspond to 'make run_tests' order
 TEST_GEN_PROGS = test_verifier test_tag test_maps test_lru_map test_lpm_map test_progs \
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/Makefile
index 34d1c81a2324..19d657d966e3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 CFLAGS += -g -I../../../../usr/include/
-LDLIBS += -lpthread
+LDLIBS += -pthread
 
 TEST_GEN_PROGS := membarrier_test_single_thread \
 		membarrier_test_multi_thread
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue/Makefile
index 8a58055fc1f5..9986b778b8b3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 CFLAGS += -O2
-LDLIBS = -lrt -lpthread -lpopt
+LDLIBS = -lrt -pthread -lpopt
 
 TEST_GEN_PROGS := mq_open_tests mq_perf_tests
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
index a8e04d665b69..6ad8571bb0ed 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL := 1
 include ../lib.mk
 
 $(OUTPUT)/reuseport_bpf_numa: LDLIBS += -lnuma
-$(OUTPUT)/tcp_mmap: LDFLAGS += -lpthread
-$(OUTPUT)/tcp_inq: LDFLAGS += -lpthread
+$(OUTPUT)/tcp_mmap: LDFLAGS += -pthread
+$(OUTPUT)/tcp_inq: LDFLAGS += -pthread
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/Makefile
index d40300a65b42..0d7c82d520ce 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/Makefile
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ $(TEST_GEN_PROGS): ../harness.c
 
 $(OUTPUT)/context_switch: ../utils.c
 $(OUTPUT)/context_switch: CFLAGS += -maltivec -mvsx -mabi=altivec
-$(OUTPUT)/context_switch: LDLIBS += -lpthread
+$(OUTPUT)/context_switch: LDLIBS += -pthread
 
-$(OUTPUT)/fork: LDLIBS += -lpthread
+$(OUTPUT)/fork: LDLIBS += -pthread
 
 $(OUTPUT)/exec_target: CFLAGS += -static -nostartfiles
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
index 5df476364b4d..90c744592d1b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS := dscr_default_test dscr_explicit_test dscr_user_test	\
 top_srcdir = ../../../../..
 include ../../lib.mk
 
-$(OUTPUT)/dscr_default_test: LDLIBS += -lpthread
+$(OUTPUT)/dscr_default_test: LDLIBS += -pthread
 
 $(TEST_GEN_PROGS): ../harness.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile
index ed1565809d2b..4cda9b0b3dd4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ $(OUTPUT)/large_vm_fork_separation: CFLAGS += -m64
 $(OUTPUT)/tempfile:
 	dd if=/dev/zero of=$@ bs=64k count=1
 
-$(OUTPUT)/tlbie_test: LDLIBS += -lpthread
+$(OUTPUT)/tlbie_test: LDLIBS += -pthread
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/Makefile
index d6469535630a..3a17f5b74b9c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ endif
 
 CFLAGS += -O2 -Wall -g -I./ -I../../../../usr/include/ -L./ -Wl,-rpath=./ \
 	  $(CLANG_FLAGS)
-LDLIBS += -lpthread
+LDLIBS += -pthread
 
 # Own dependencies because we only want to build against 1st prerequisite, but
 # still track changes to header files and depend on shared object.
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
index de9c8566672a..d075ecfbe846 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 CFLAGS += -O3 -Wl,-no-as-needed -Wall
-LDFLAGS += -lrt -lpthread -lm
+LDFLAGS += -lrt -pthread -lm
 
 TEST_GEN_PROGS = rtctest
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/Makefile
index 1760b3e39730..3e35159f709a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ BINARIES := seccomp_bpf seccomp_benchmark
 CFLAGS += -Wl,-no-as-needed -Wall
 
 seccomp_bpf: seccomp_bpf.c ../kselftest_harness.h
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< -lpthread -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< -pthread -o $@
 
 TEST_PROGS += $(BINARIES)
 EXTRA_CLEAN := $(BINARIES)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/Makefile
index 7656c7ce79d9..70461befa338 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 CFLAGS += -O3 -Wl,-no-as-needed -Wall
-LDLIBS += -lrt -lpthread -lm
+LDLIBS += -lrt -pthread -lm
 
 # these are all "safe" tests that don't modify
 # system time or require escalated privileges
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
index 7f9a8a8c31da..afb35febd7b6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ TEST_FILES := test_vmalloc.sh
 KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL := 1
 include ../lib.mk
 
-$(OUTPUT)/userfaultfd: LDLIBS += -lpthread
+$(OUTPUT)/userfaultfd: LDLIBS += -pthread
 
 $(OUTPUT)/mlock-random-test: LDLIBS += -lcap
