diff --git a/ChangeLog.GNUstep b/ChangeLog.GNUstep
index bb7d59e..12c9105 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.GNUstep
+++ b/ChangeLog.GNUstep
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-11-22  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>
+
+	* thr-posix.c (__objc_init_thread_system): Set scope to 
+	PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM.
+
 2003-08-31  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>
 
 	* selector.c (__objc_register_instance_methods_to_class): Free
diff --git a/thr-posix.c b/thr-posix.c
index 4dda0cb..2ce34eb 100644
--- a/thr-posix.c
+++ b/thr-posix.c
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ __objc_init_thread_system(void)
 	   */
       if (pthread_attr_init(&_objc_thread_attribs) == 0)
         {
-          if (pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&_objc_thread_attribs, 
+ 	  if (pthread_attr_setscope(&_objc_thread_attribs, 
+			            PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM) == 0
+	      && pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&_objc_thread_attribs, 
                                           PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED) == 0)
             return 0;
         }