diff --git a/vpdq/.gitignore b/vpdq/.gitignore
index 320f38fae..e773a34d4 100644
--- a/vpdq/.gitignore
+++ b/vpdq/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 *.swp
 *.swo
 
+build/
+cpp/libraries-dirs.txt
 cpp/test
 cpp/build
 output-hashes/*
+python/vpdq.cpp
diff --git a/vpdq/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/vpdq/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index ba5c69052..7522de9ad 100644
--- a/vpdq/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vpdq/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.17)
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-O2 -fPIC -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-unused-function -Wno-deprecated-declarations")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-O2 -fPIC -pthread -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-unused-function -Wno-deprecated-declarations")
+
 project(VPDQ)
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(LIBAV REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET