diff --git a/cmake/core-files.cmake b/cmake/core-files.cmake
index 6b88fc980..2d9cc98c4 100644
--- a/cmake/core-files.cmake
+++ b/cmake/core-files.cmake
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ set(MBGL_CORE_FILES
     include/mbgl/util/run_loop.hpp
     include/mbgl/util/size.hpp
     include/mbgl/util/string.hpp
+    include/mbgl/util/thread.hpp
     include/mbgl/util/tileset.hpp
     include/mbgl/util/timer.hpp
     include/mbgl/util/traits.hpp
@@ -606,7 +607,6 @@ set(MBGL_CORE_FILES
     src/mbgl/util/stopwatch.cpp
     src/mbgl/util/stopwatch.hpp
     src/mbgl/util/string.cpp
-    src/mbgl/util/thread.hpp
     src/mbgl/util/thread_local.hpp
     src/mbgl/util/throttler.cpp
     src/mbgl/util/throttler.hpp
diff --git a/src/mbgl/util/thread.hpp b/include/mbgl/util/thread.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/mbgl/util/thread.hpp
rename to include/mbgl/util/thread.hpp