diff --git a/cmake/generic.cmake b/cmake/generic.cmake
index 725cf28037182bfd0a27d49491bc8a479a9b4440..83e3d155d038cc65f3e372f0e4ba0aaee2e29690 100644
--- a/cmake/generic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/generic.cmake
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 if(NOT APPLE)
     find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
     link_libraries(${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_LINK_EXECUTABLE "${CMAKE_CXX_LINK_EXECUTABLE} -ldl")
 endif(NOT APPLE)
 
 function(merge_static_libs TARGET_NAME)