diff --git a/core/CMakeLists.txt b/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 47462f5..585b83e 100644
--- a/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,10 @@ target_link_libraries(
 	PRIVATE
 	Mw
 )
+if(NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
+	target_link_libraries(
+		MDECore
+		PRIVATE
+		pthread
+	)
+endif()
diff --git a/core/mutex.c b/core/mutex.c
index cd90210..6160030 100644
--- a/core/mutex.c
+++ b/core/mutex.c
@@ -19,4 +19,24 @@ void MDEMutexUnlock(MDEMutex mutex) {
 	SetEvent(mutex);
 }
 #else
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+MDEMutex MDEMutexCreate(void) {
+	pthread_mutex_t* m = malloc(sizeof(*m));
+	pthread_mutex_init(m, NULL);
+	return m;
+}
+
+void MDEMutexDestroy(MDEMutex mutex) {
+	pthread_mutex_destroy(mutex);
+	free(mutex);
+}
+
+void MDEMutexLock(MDEMutex mutex) {
+	pthread_mutex_lock(mutex);
+}
+
+void MDEMutexUnlock(MDEMutex mutex) {
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(mutex);
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/core/thread.c b/core/thread.c
index 1d9ac66..2022934 100644
--- a/core/thread.c
+++ b/core/thread.c
@@ -31,4 +31,36 @@ void MDEThreadJoin(MDEThread thread) {
 	WaitForSingleObject(thread, INFINITE);
 }
 #else
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+static void* call_wrapper(void* param) {
+	void** p		      = param;
+	void (*call)(void* user_data) = p[0];
+	void* ud		      = p[1];
+	free(p);
+
+	call(ud);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+MDEThread MDEThreadCreate(void (*call)(void* user_data), void* user_data) {
+	void**	   p = malloc(sizeof(*p) * 2);
+	pthread_t* t = malloc(sizeof(*t));
+
+	p[0] = call;
+	p[1] = user_data;
+
+	pthread_create(t, NULL, call_wrapper, p);
+	return t;
+}
+
+void MDEThreadDestroy(MDEThread thread) {
+	free(thread);
+}
+
+void MDEThreadJoin(MDEThread thread) {
+	void* p;
+	pthread_join(thread, &p);
+}
 #endif