diff --git a/src/kit/shell/CMakeLists.txt b/src/kit/shell/CMakeLists.txt
index a67694becd396dbdd65aa58c9d7df9f9a15bf729..bca1b72a1bc2c1f5b3da311baad38cd1d55ddaed 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/kit/shell/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ENDIF ()
   IF (TD_SOMODE_STATIC)
       TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos_static cJson lua ${LINK_JEMALLOC})
   ELSE ()
-      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos lua ${LINK_JEMALLOC})
+      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos cJson lua ${LINK_JEMALLOC})
   ENDIF ()
 
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(shell PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME taos)
diff --git a/src/kit/taosdump/CMakeLists.txt b/src/kit/taosdump/CMakeLists.txt
index 51f4748eab462c8e883e83cd5923f38dd7fb9b5a..c3c914e96fc096f59aa701d3496455c754356aa8 100644
--- a/src/kit/taosdump/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/kit/taosdump/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ AUX_SOURCE_DIRECTORY(. SRC)
 IF (TD_LINUX)
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(taosdump ${SRC})
   IF (TD_SOMODE_STATIC)
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taosdump taos_static)
+    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taosdump taos_static cJson)
   ELSE ()
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taosdump taos)
+    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taosdump taos cJson)
   ENDIF ()
 ENDIF ()
 
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ IF (TD_DARWIN)
   # missing <argp.h> for macosx
   # ADD_EXECUTABLE(taosdump ${SRC})
   # IF (TD_SOMODE_STATIC)
-  #   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taosdump taos_static)
+  #   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taosdump taos_static cJson)
   # ELSE ()
-  #   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taosdump taos)
+  #   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taosdump taos cJson)
   # ENDIF ()
 ENDIF ()