diff --git a/legacy/evas/configure.in b/legacy/evas/configure.in
index 9969861a39..fbd4ea6986 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/configure.in
+++ b/legacy/evas/configure.in
@@ -995,7 +995,12 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER(pthread.h,
     AC_CHECK_HEADER(sched.h,
       [ 
         AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_attr_setaffinity_np, 
-	  [ build_pthreads="yes" ],
+	  [
+            AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_barrier_wait, 
+  	      [ build_pthreads="yes" ],
+              [ build_pthreads="no" ]
+            )
+	  ],
           [ build_pthreads="no" ]
         )
       ],
@@ -1006,7 +1011,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER(pthread.h,
 )
 ### disable pthreads by default for now - some wierd deadlock issue with
 # barriers (makes no sense)
-build_pthreads="no"
+#build_pthreads="no"
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to build pthread code)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(pthreads, 
   [  --enable-pthreads               enable threaded rendering], [
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_pipe.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_pipe.c
index 812b1f40b8..d769b0dc88 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_pipe.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_pipe.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ evas_common_pipe_begin(RGBA_Image *im)
 	thread_num = cpunum;
 	if (thread_num == 1) return;
 	pthread_barrier_init(&(thbarrier[0]), NULL, thread_num + 1);
+	pthread_barrier_init(&(thbarrier[1]), NULL, thread_num + 1);
 	for (i = 0; i < thread_num; i++)
 	  {
 	     pthread_attr_t attr;
@@ -179,9 +180,9 @@ evas_common_pipe_begin(RGBA_Image *im)
 //	     printf("START %i\n", i);
      }
    /* tell worker threads to start */
-   pthread_barrier_init(&(thbarrier[1]), NULL, thread_num + 1);
+//   pthread_barrier_init(&(thbarrier[1]), NULL, thread_num + 1);
    pthread_barrier_wait(&(thbarrier[0]));
-   pthread_barrier_destroy(&(thbarrier[0]));
+//   pthread_barrier_destroy(&(thbarrier[0]));
 #endif   
 }
 
@@ -197,9 +198,9 @@ evas_common_pipe_flush(RGBA_Image *im)
    if (thread_num > 1)
      {
 	/* sync worker threads */
-	pthread_barrier_init(&(thbarrier[0]), NULL, thread_num + 1);
+//	pthread_barrier_init(&(thbarrier[0]), NULL, thread_num + 1);
 	pthread_barrier_wait(&(thbarrier[1]));
-	pthread_barrier_destroy(&(thbarrier[1]));
+//	pthread_barrier_destroy(&(thbarrier[1]));
 //	printf("DONE\n");
      }
    else