diff --git a/cmake/generic.cmake b/cmake/generic.cmake
index 5c1f6908b22eba2deb540f9d592459f807e7f3ce..6b2aabc027977209296f15271a9765ffde0052de 100644
--- a/cmake/generic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/generic.cmake
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ if(NOT APPLE AND NOT WIN32)
   link_libraries(${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
   if(WITH_PSLIB OR WITH_DISTRIBUTE)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_LINK_EXECUTABLE
-        "${CMAKE_CXX_LINK_EXECUTABLE} -pthread -ldl -lrt -lz -lssl")
+        "${CMAKE_CXX_LINK_EXECUTABLE} -pthread -ldl -lrt -lz -lssl -lcrypto")
   else()
     set(CMAKE_CXX_LINK_EXECUTABLE
         "${CMAKE_CXX_LINK_EXECUTABLE} -pthread -ldl -lrt")