diff --git a/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/dd_wrapper/CMakeLists.txt b/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/dd_wrapper/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c292863df7..51dbc126dc1 100644
--- a/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/dd_wrapper/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/dd_wrapper/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ include(FindCppcheck)
 include(FindInfer)
 include(CheckSymbolExists)
 
+set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+
+if(NOT Threads_FOUND OR NOT CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "pthread compatible library not found")
+endif()
+
 # Library sources
 add_library(dd_wrapper SHARED
     src/uploader_builder.cpp
@@ -46,9 +53,7 @@ target_include_directories(dd_wrapper PRIVATE
     ${Datadog_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(dd_wrapper PRIVATE
-    ${Datadog_LIBRARIES}
-)
+target_link_libraries(dd_wrapper PRIVATE ${Datadog_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads)
 
 # Figure out the suffix.  Try to approximate the cpython way of doing things.
 ## C library
diff --git a/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/stack_v2/CMakeLists.txt b/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/stack_v2/CMakeLists.txt
index f31639fabd7..47a88292173 100644
--- a/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/stack_v2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/stack_v2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,11 +20,19 @@ include(FindCppcheck)
 # but whether or not we keep that design is unknown.  Hack it for now.
 add_subdirectory(../dd_wrapper ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../dd_wrapper_build)
 
+find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
 # Make sure we have necessary Python variables
 if (NOT Python3_INCLUDE_DIRS)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Python3_INCLUDE_DIRS not found")
 endif()
 
+set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+
+if(NOT Threads_FOUND OR NOT CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "pthread compatible library not found")
+endif()
+
 # Add echion
 set(ECHION_COMMIT "b2f2d49f2f5d5c4dd78d1d9b83280db8ac2949c0" CACHE STRING "Commit hash of echion to use")
 FetchContent_Declare(
@@ -90,9 +98,12 @@ set_target_properties(${EXTENSION_NAME} PROPERTIES SUFFIX "")
 # RPATH is needed for sofile discovery at runtime, since Python packages are not
 # installed in the system path. This is typical.
 set_target_properties(${EXTENSION_NAME} PROPERTIES INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN/..")
-target_link_libraries(${EXTENSION_NAME} PRIVATE
-    dd_wrapper
-)
+
+target_link_libraries(${EXTENSION_NAME} PRIVATE dd_wrapper Threads::Threads)
+
+if(Python3_LIBRARIES)
+    target_link_libraries(${EXTENSION_NAME} PRIVATE ${Python3_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
 
 # Extensions are built as dynamic libraries, so PIC is required.
 set_target_properties(${EXTENSION_NAME} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/profiling-pthread-aarch64-d4548fd1842d0665.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/profiling-pthread-aarch64-d4548fd1842d0665.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd7eeb08900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/profiling-pthread-aarch64-d4548fd1842d0665.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    profiling: fixes an issue where stack v2 couldn't be enabled as pthread
+    was not properly linked on some debian based images for aarch64 architecture.
+