diff --git a/iio-config.h.cmakein b/iio-config.h.cmakein
index e3ea030a0..55fb17c6b 100644
--- a/iio-config.h.cmakein
+++ b/iio-config.h.cmakein
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #cmakedefine01 HAVE_AVAHI
 #cmakedefine01 WITH_ZSTD
 #cmakedefine01 NO_THREADS
+#cmakedefine01 HAS_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP
 
 #cmakedefine HAS_PIPE2
 #cmakedefine HAS_STRDUP
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@
 #cmakedefine HAS_STRTOK_R
 #cmakedefine HAS_STRERROR_R
 #cmakedefine HAS_NEWLOCALE
-#cmakedefine HAS_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP
 #cmakedefine HAVE_IPV6
 
 #define IF_ENABLED(cfg, ptr) ((cfg) ? (ptr) : NULL)
diff --git a/iiod/thread-pool.c b/iiod/thread-pool.c
index 2e8b8709e..4c8d5a75c 100644
--- a/iiod/thread-pool.c
+++ b/iiod/thread-pool.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * Author: Paul Cercueil <paul.cercueil@analog.com>
  */
 
+#include "iio-config.h"
 #include "thread-pool.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -101,10 +102,8 @@ int thread_pool_add_thread(struct thread_pool *pool,
 	if (ret) {
 		free(pdata);
 		thread_pool_thread_stopped(pool);
-	} else {
-#ifdef HAS_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP
+	} else if (HAS_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP) {
 		pthread_setname_np(thd, name);
-#endif
 	}
 
 	pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);