diff --git a/src/connector/odbc/CMakeLists.txt b/src/connector/odbc/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e8095c7ddfa577767eb6ca03624c0c7278e174d..3f0439dd961f663b6d7f03da448d7911420091fb 100644
--- a/src/connector/odbc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/connector/odbc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ macro(check_odbc_requirement)
 
   check_symbol_exists(SQLExecute "sql.h" HAVE_ODBC_DEV)
   IF (NOT HAVE_ODBC_DEV)
-    message(WARNING "odbc requirement not satisfied, check detail in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log")
+    message(WARNING "odbc requirement not satisfied, please install unixodbc-dev. Check detail in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log")
     return ()
   ENDIF ()
 
diff --git a/src/connector/odbc/examples/c/CMakeLists.txt b/src/connector/odbc/examples/c/CMakeLists.txt
index 42985496554adf5023a5078f7ec7650413a18bb4..999f0d19f7473d3af4acb42e1fcb4e9a0e9c2c64 100644
--- a/src/connector/odbc/examples/c/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/connector/odbc/examples/c/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE(tcodbc main.c ../../src/todbc_log.c)
 
 IF (TD_LINUX OR TD_DARWIN)
   target_include_directories(tcodbc PRIVATE ${ODBC_INCLUDE_DIRECTORY})
-  target_link_directories(tcodbc PUBLIC ${ODBC_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY})
+  IF (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.13)
+      link_directories(AFTER ${ODBC_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY})
+  ELSE ()
+      target_link_directories(tcodbc PUBLIC ${ODBC_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY})
+  ENDIF ()
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(tcodbc taos odbc)
 ENDIF ()
 
diff --git a/src/connector/odbc/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/connector/odbc/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f0df94795ac35f2b2e9537b7d437c34e2af193e2..a616c7df48b2fb3f70e0b109d81b71e040ae004d 100644
--- a/src/connector/odbc/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/connector/odbc/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ IF (TD_LINUX_64)
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(todbc PROPERTIES VERSION ${TD_VER_NUMBER} SOVERSION 1)
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(todbc todbc_base taos odbcinst)
   target_include_directories(todbc PRIVATE . ${ODBC_INCLUDE_DIRECTORY})
-  target_link_directories(todbc PUBLIC ${ODBC_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY})
+  IF (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.13)
+      link_directories(AFTER ${ODBC_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY})
+  ELSE ()
+      target_link_directories(todbc PUBLIC ${ODBC_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY})
+  ENDIF ()
 
   install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/install.sh ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})")
 ENDIF ()
diff --git a/src/connector/odbc/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/src/connector/odbc/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index d49d334ef5019786a557263d0c04a7e71c9e715f..790620dd1d72db0ecc42f95a6ac569a6a821818e 100644
--- a/src/connector/odbc/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/connector/odbc/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE(tconv     tconv.c)
 
 IF (TD_LINUX OR TD_DARWIN)
   target_include_directories(todbcinst PRIVATE . ${ODBC_INCLUDE_DIRECTORY} ${ODBCINST_INCLUDE_DIRECTORY})
-  target_link_directories(todbcinst PUBLIC ${ODBC_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY} ${ODBCINST_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY})
+  IF (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.13)
+      link_directories(AFTER ${ODBC_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY})
+  ELSE ()
+      target_link_directories(todbcinst PUBLIC ${ODBC_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY} ${ODBCINST_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY})
+  ENDIF ()
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(todbcinst odbc odbcinst)
 ENDIF ()