diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202301.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202301.nix
index 62d98d77a38f3b3..a44f3e631ff70ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202301.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202301.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , cmake
 , gtest
+, windows
 , static ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , cxxStandard ? null
 }:
@@ -36,7 +37,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ gtest ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    gtest
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows [ windows.mingw_w64_pthreads ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Open-source collection of C++ code designed to augment the C++ standard library";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202401.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202401.nix
index ad5417d6eb6239b..83924323452c502 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202401.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202401.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , cmake
 , gtest
+, windows
 , static ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , cxxStandard ? null
 }:
@@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ gtest ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    gtest
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows [ windows.mingw_w64_pthreads ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Open-source collection of C++ code designed to augment the C++ standard library";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202407.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202407.nix
index 49e18c271e64bf3..1920478973fc883 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202407.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/202407.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , cmake
 , gtest
+, windows
 , static ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , cxxStandard ? null
 }:
@@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ gtest ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    gtest
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows [ windows.mingw_w64_pthreads ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Open-source collection of C++ code designed to augment the C++ standard library";