diff --git a/tools/ports/sdl2_mixer.py b/tools/ports/sdl2_mixer.py
index f77f906d49fdd..a8aa5747ecf51 100644
--- a/tools/ports/sdl2_mixer.py
+++ b/tools/ports/sdl2_mixer.py
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 
 deps = ['sdl2']
 variants = {
-  'sdl2_mixer_mp3': {'SDL2_MIXER_FORMATS': ["mp3"]},
-  'sdl2_mixer_none': {'SDL2_MIXER_FORMATS': []},
+  'sdl2_mixer-mp3': {'SDL2_MIXER_FORMATS': ['mp3']},
+  'sdl2_mixer-none': {'SDL2_MIXER_FORMATS': []},
+  'sdl2_mixer-mp3-mt': {'SDL2_MIXER_FORMATS': ['mp3'], 'PTHREADS': 1},
+  'sdl2_mixer-none-mt': {'SDL2_MIXER_FORMATS': [], 'PTHREADS': 1},
 }
 
 
@@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ def get_lib_name(settings):
 
   libname = 'libSDL2_mixer'
   if formats != '':
-    libname += '_' + formats
+    libname += '-' + formats
+  if settings.PTHREADS:
+    libname += '-mt'
   libname += '.a'
 
   return libname
@@ -68,6 +72,9 @@ def create(final):
         '-DMUSIC_MID_TIMIDITY',
       ]
 
+    if settings.PTHREADS:
+      flags.append('-pthread')
+
     build_dir = ports.clear_project_build('sdl2_mixer')
     include_path = os.path.join(source_path, 'include')
     includes = [