diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f9ec20fb..945b0c75 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ if(PK_ENABLE_OS)
     add_definitions(-DPK_ENABLE_OS=1)
 endif()
 
+if(PK_ENABLE_THREADS)
+    add_definitions(-DPK_ENABLE_THREADS=1)
+endif()
+
 if(PK_ENABLE_DETERMINISM)
     add_subdirectory(3rd/dmath/dmath)
     add_definitions(-DPK_ENABLE_DETERMINISM=1)
@@ -104,8 +108,10 @@ if(PK_ENABLE_DETERMINISM)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} Threads::Threads)
+if(PK_ENABLE_THREADS)
+    find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} Threads::Threads)
+endif()
 
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     if(NOT PK_ENABLE_DETERMINISM)
diff --git a/CMakeOptions.txt b/CMakeOptions.txt
index 10f4fa20..e9e241e2 100644
--- a/CMakeOptions.txt
+++ b/CMakeOptions.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ endif()
 
 # system features
 option(PK_ENABLE_OS "" OFF)
+option(PK_ENABLE_THREADS "" OFF)
 option(PK_ENABLE_DETERMINISM "" OFF)
 option(PK_ENABLE_WATCHDOG "" OFF)
 option(PK_ENABLE_CUSTOM_SNAME "" OFF)
diff --git a/cmake_build.py b/cmake_build.py
index 0e47e990..f1e1a3bd 100644
--- a/cmake_build.py
+++ b/cmake_build.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ assert config in ['Debug', 'Release', 'RelWithDebInfo']
 
 os.chdir("build")
 
-code = os.system(f"cmake .. -DPK_ENABLE_OS=ON -DPK_ENABLE_DETERMINISM=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE={config} {extra_flags}")
+code = os.system(f"cmake .. -DPK_ENABLE_OS=ON -DPK_ENABLE_THREADS=ON -DPK_ENABLE_DETERMINISM=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE={config} {extra_flags}")
 assert code == 0
 code = os.system(f"cmake --build . --config {config} -j 4")
 assert code == 0
diff --git a/include/pocketpy/common/threads.h b/include/pocketpy/common/threads.h
index 0791433a..d1d1fa51 100644
--- a/include/pocketpy/common/threads.h
+++ b/include/pocketpy/common/threads.h
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include "pocketpy/config.h"
+
+#if PK_ENABLE_THREADS
+
 #include <stdatomic.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
@@ -17,3 +21,5 @@ typedef int c11_thrd_retval_t;
 
 bool c11_thrd_create(c11_thrd_t* thrd, c11_thrd_retval_t (*func)(void*), void* arg);
 void c11_thrd_yield();
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/pocketpy/config.h b/include/pocketpy/config.h
index 91ad1d4e..b9c9278c 100644
--- a/include/pocketpy/config.h
+++ b/include/pocketpy/config.h
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@
 #define PK_VERSION_PATCH            0
 
 /*************** feature settings ***************/
-// Whether to compile os-related modules or not
 #ifndef PK_ENABLE_OS                // can be overridden by cmake
 #define PK_ENABLE_OS                1
 #endif
 
+#ifndef PK_ENABLE_THREADS           // can be overridden by cmake
+#define PK_ENABLE_THREADS           1
+#endif
+
 #ifndef PK_ENABLE_DETERMINISM       // must be enabled from cmake
 #define PK_ENABLE_DETERMINISM       0
 #endif
diff --git a/src/common/name.c b/src/common/name.c
index d10f1597..0eaa8211 100644
--- a/src/common/name.c
+++ b/src/common/name.c
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 
 #include "pocketpy/common/name.h"
 #include "pocketpy/common/str.h"
-#include "pocketpy/common/threads.h"
 #include "pocketpy/pocketpy.h"
-#include <stdatomic.h>
+#include "pocketpy/common/threads.h"
 
 typedef struct NameBucket NameBucket;
 
@@ -17,7 +16,9 @@ typedef struct NameBucket {
 
 static struct {
     NameBucket* table[0x10000];
+#if PK_ENABLE_THREADS
     atomic_flag lock;
+#endif
 } pk_string_table;
 
 #define MAGIC_METHOD(x) py_Name x;
@@ -43,9 +44,11 @@ void pk_names_finalize() {
 }
 
 py_Name py_namev(c11_sv name) {
+#if PK_ENABLE_THREADS
     while(atomic_flag_test_and_set(&pk_string_table.lock)) {
         c11_thrd_yield();
     }
+#endif
     uint64_t hash = c11_sv__hash(name);
     int index = hash & 0xFFFF;
     NameBucket* p = pk_string_table.table[index];
@@ -61,7 +64,9 @@ py_Name py_namev(c11_sv name) {
         p = p->next;
     }
     if(found) {
+#if PK_ENABLE_THREADS
         atomic_flag_clear(&pk_string_table.lock);
+#endif
         return (py_Name)p;
     }
 
@@ -78,7 +83,9 @@ py_Name py_namev(c11_sv name) {
         assert(prev->next == NULL);
         prev->next = bucket;
     }
+#if PK_ENABLE_THREADS
     atomic_flag_clear(&pk_string_table.lock);
+#endif
     return (py_Name)bucket;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/threads.c b/src/common/threads.c
index a9414a97..a2bb62cc 100644
--- a/src/common/threads.c
+++ b/src/common/threads.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-#include "pocketpy/export.h"
 #include "pocketpy/common/threads.h"
 
+#if PK_ENABLE_THREADS
+
 #if PK_USE_PTHREADS
 
 bool c11_thrd_create(c11_thrd_t* thrd, c11_thrd_retval_t (*func)(void*), void* arg) {
@@ -19,4 +20,6 @@ bool c11_thrd_create(c11_thrd_t* thrd, c11_thrd_retval_t (*func)(void*), void* a
 
 void c11_thrd_yield() { thrd_yield(); }
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
+
+#endif  // PK_ENABLE_THREADS
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/modules/os.c b/src/modules/os.c
index abeb1e06..cceb1718 100644
--- a/src/modules/os.c
+++ b/src/modules/os.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "pocketpy/pocketpy.h"
 #include "pocketpy/interpreter/vm.h"
 
-#if PK_ENABLE_OS == 1
+#if PK_ENABLE_OS
 
 #include <errno.h>
 
diff --git a/src/modules/pkpy.c b/src/modules/pkpy.c
index 58bbc8a6..564551a7 100644
--- a/src/modules/pkpy.c
+++ b/src/modules/pkpy.c
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ static bool pkpy_watchdog_end(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
 }
 #endif
 
+#if PK_ENABLE_THREADS
+
 typedef struct c11_ComputeThread c11_ComputeThread;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -456,6 +458,8 @@ static void pk_ComputeThread__register(py_Ref mod) {
     py_bindmethod(type, "eval", ComputeThread_eval);
 }
 
+#endif // PK_ENABLE_THREADS
+
 static void pkpy_configmacros_add(py_Ref dict, const char* key, int val) {
     assert(dict->type == tp_dict);
     py_TValue tmp;
@@ -508,11 +512,14 @@ void pk__add_module_pkpy() {
     py_bindfunc(mod, "watchdog_end", pkpy_watchdog_end);
 #endif
 
+#if PK_ENABLE_THREADS
     pk_ComputeThread__register(mod);
+#endif
 
     py_Ref configmacros = py_emplacedict(mod, py_name("configmacros"));
     py_newdict(configmacros);
     pkpy_configmacros_add(configmacros, "PK_ENABLE_OS", PK_ENABLE_OS);
+    pkpy_configmacros_add(configmacros, "PK_ENABLE_THREADS", PK_ENABLE_THREADS);
     pkpy_configmacros_add(configmacros, "PK_ENABLE_DETERMINISM", PK_ENABLE_DETERMINISM);
     pkpy_configmacros_add(configmacros, "PK_ENABLE_WATCHDOG", PK_ENABLE_WATCHDOG);
     pkpy_configmacros_add(configmacros, "PK_GC_MIN_THRESHOLD", PK_GC_MIN_THRESHOLD);
diff --git a/tests/98_thread.py b/tests/98_thread.py
index bc428315..6f4c5d2e 100644
--- a/tests/98_thread.py
+++ b/tests/98_thread.py
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-from pkpy import ComputeThread
+from pkpy import configmacros
+
+if configmacros['PK_ENABLE_THREADS'] == 1:
+    from pkpy import ComputeThread
+else:
+    print('threads is not enabled, skipping test...')
+    exit()
+
 import time
 
 thread_1 = ComputeThread(1)