diff --git a/include/pthread.h b/include/pthread.h
index a0af20fe..44a71019 100644
--- a/include/pthread.h
+++ b/include/pthread.h
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ int pthread_join(pthread_t, void **);
 __attribute__((const))
 #endif
 pthread_t pthread_self(void);
+
 int pthread_equal(pthread_t, pthread_t);
+#define pthread_equal(x,y) ((x)==(y))
 
 int pthread_setcancelstate(int, int *);
 int pthread_setcanceltype(int, int *);
diff --git a/src/thread/pthread_equal.c b/src/thread/pthread_equal.c
index a55d280c..3e3df4fd 100644
--- a/src/thread/pthread_equal.c
+++ b/src/thread/pthread_equal.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 
-int pthread_equal(pthread_t a, pthread_t b)
+int (pthread_equal)(pthread_t a, pthread_t b)
 {
 	return a==b;
 }