diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a52458..872e6c6 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ set(LIBJSONNETPP_SOURCE

 add_library(libjsonnet++ SHARED ${LIBJSONNETPP_HEADERS} ${LIBJSONNETPP_SOURCE})
 add_dependencies(libjsonnet++ jsonnet)
+target_link_libraries(libjsonnet++ libjsonnet)
 # target_link_libraries(libjsonnet libjsonnet)

 # CMake prepends CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX to shared libraries, so without