diff -Naur gnutls-2.12.23.orig/lib/configure.ac gnutls-2.12.23/lib/configure.ac
--- gnutls-2.12.23.orig/lib/configure.ac	2014-08-01 19:01:35.243966651 +0200
+++ gnutls-2.12.23/lib/configure.ac	2014-08-01 19:01:49.398773492 +0200
@@ -124,7 +124,18 @@
 lgl_INIT
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getrusage,,)
-AC_LIB_HAVE_LINKFLAGS(pthread,, [#include <pthread.h>], [pthread_mutex_lock (0);])
+
+#hack: the cross compile here thinks libpthread is not available.
+#AC_LIB_HAVE_LINKFLAGS(pthread,, [#include <pthread.h>], [pthread_mutex_lock (0);])
+HAVE_LIBPTHREAD=yes
+LIBPTHREAD=-lpthread
+LTLIBPTHREAD=-lpthread
+LIBPTHREAD_PREFIX=/mnt/sdc2/oe-disk/oe-core_V2.3/build/out-eglibc/sysroots/colibri-t30/usr 
+AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBPTHREAD], 1, [Define if you have the $1 library.])
+AC_SUBST([HAVE_LIBPTHREAD])
+AC_SUBST([LIBPTHREAD])
+AC_SUBST([LTLIBPTHREAD])
+AC_SUBST([LIBPTHREAD_PREFIX])
 
 LIBGNUTLS_LIBS="-lgnutls $LIBS"
 LIBGNUTLS_CFLAGS=""
diff -Naur gnutls-2.12.23.orig/lib/gnutls_int.h gnutls-2.12.23/lib/gnutls_int.h
--- gnutls-2.12.23.orig/lib/gnutls_int.h	2012-11-08 17:11:15.000000000 +0100
+++ gnutls-2.12.23/lib/gnutls_int.h	2014-08-01 20:58:48.406146057 +0200
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include <config.h>
+#include "config.h"
 #endif
 
 #include <stddef.h>