diff --git a/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
index c40e6f124db6ece07cfdd9fcefee176aac23e8c8..c03795dec1668bf2d871d596610d4fde92b00267 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
 	target_link_libraries(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${PURPLE_LIBRARY} ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin)
 	endif()
 else()
-target_link_libraries(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${PURPLE_LIBRARY} ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARY})
+target_link_libraries(spectrum2_libpurple_backend sqlite3 ${PURPLE_LIBRARY} ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARY})
 endif()
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS spectrum2_libpurple_backend RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)