diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 0a25d2256f660e2f94f49cf52e0d53342db3dcfc..afddee2464e3da8c26a4c9d45d507df6706b6928 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ endif()
 ADD_LIBRARY(transport SHARED ${HEADERS} ${SRC} ${SWIFTEN_SRC} ${PROTOBUF_SRC} ${PROTOBUF_HDRS})
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-fPIC)
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(transport ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${SQLITE3_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(transport ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${SQLITE3_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES} -lpopt)
 
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(transport PROPERTIES
       VERSION ${TRANSPORT_VERSION} SOVERSION ${TRANSPORT_VERSION}