diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 67b5ec07a3..b63d1b82df 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ add_library(CONFIG_LIB
   ${CONFIG_ROOTDIR}/config_userapi.c
   ${CONFIG_ROOTDIR}/config_cmdline.c
 )
+target_link_libraries(CONFIG_LIB PRIVATE dl UTIL)
 add_library(params_libconfig MODULE ${CONFIG_ROOTDIR}/libconfig/config_libconfig.c)
 target_link_libraries(params_libconfig config)
 # shared library loader