diff --git a/src/kit/shell/CMakeLists.txt b/src/kit/shell/CMakeLists.txt
index bf2bbca14d25aff3b3717c7b9785f1dc470a013a..bca1b72a1bc2c1f5b3da311baad38cd1d55ddaed 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/kit/shell/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ ELSE ()
 ENDIF ()
 
   IF (TD_SOMODE_STATIC)
-      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos_static lua ${LINK_JEMALLOC})
+      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)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ELSEIF (TD_WINDOWS)
   LIST(APPEND SRC ./src/shellMain.c)
   LIST(APPEND SRC ./src/shellWindows.c)
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(shell ${SRC})
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos_static)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos_static cJson)
 
   IF (TD_POWER)
     SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(shell PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME power)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ELSEIF (TD_DARWIN)
   LIST(APPEND SRC ./src/shellCheck.c)
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(shell ${SRC})
   # linking with dylib
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos cJson)
   # linking taos statically
   # TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos_static)
   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 ()