Index: src/user_share.c
===================================================================
--- src/user_share.c	(revision 282)
+++ src/user_share.c	(working copy)
@@ -425,6 +425,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	Window selection_owner;
 	Atom xatom;
 
+	if (!g_thread_supported ()) {
+		g_thread_init (NULL);
+	}
+
 	gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
 
 	signal (SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
Index: src/file-share-properties.c
===================================================================
--- src/file-share-properties.c	(revision 282)
+++ src/file-share-properties.c	(working copy)
@@ -447,6 +447,10 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, GNOMELOCALEDIR);
     bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
     textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
+
+    if (! g_thread_supported ()) {
+      g_thread_init (NULL);
+    }
     
     gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
 
