diff --git a/runtime/Cpp/cmake/antlr4-runtime.cmake.in b/runtime/Cpp/cmake/antlr4-runtime.cmake.in
index 860aeb6012..697b36c628 100644
--- a/runtime/Cpp/cmake/antlr4-runtime.cmake.in
+++ b/runtime/Cpp/cmake/antlr4-runtime.cmake.in
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ set(ANTLR_VERSION @ANTLR_VERSION@)
 set_and_check(ANTLR4_INCLUDE_DIR "@PACKAGE_ANTLR4_INCLUDE_DIR@")
 set_and_check(ANTLR4_LIB_DIR "@PACKAGE_ANTLR4_LIB_DIR@")
 
+include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
+find_dependency(Threads)
+
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@targets_export_name@.cmake)
 
 check_required_components(antlr)
diff --git a/runtime/Cpp/runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/runtime/Cpp/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index bc487e1308..ac7c4f7a37 100644
--- a/runtime/Cpp/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/runtime/Cpp/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ file(GLOB libantlrcpp_SRC
 add_library(antlr4_shared SHARED ${libantlrcpp_SRC})
 add_library(antlr4_static STATIC ${libantlrcpp_SRC})
 
+# Make sure to link against threads (pthreads) library in order to be able to
+# make use of std::call_once in the code without producing runtime errors
+# (see also https://github.com/antlr/antlr4/issues/3708 and/or https://stackoverflow.com/q/51584960).
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+target_link_libraries(antlr4_shared Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(antlr4_static Threads::Threads)
+
 if (ANTLR_BUILD_CPP_TESTS)
   include(FetchContent)