diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 277c9fc43..08dd581e0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,8 +106,11 @@ endif(QT_QTOPENGL_FOUND AND OPENGL_FOUND)
 kde4_add_library(plasma SHARED ${plasma_LIB_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries(plasma ${KDE4_KIO_LIBS} ${KDE4_KFILE_LIBS} ${KDE4_KNEWSTUFF2_LIBS}
-                             ${QT_QTUITOOLS_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTWEBKIT_LIBRARY} ${DL_LIBRARY}
+                             ${QT_QTUITOOLS_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTWEBKIT_LIBRARY}
                              ${KDE4_THREADWEAVER_LIBRARIES} ${KDE4_SOLID_LIBS} ${X11_LIBRARIES})
+if(${DL_LIBRARY})
+target_link_libraries(plasma ${DL_LIBRARY})
+endif(${DL_LIBRARY})
 
 if(QT_QTOPENGL_FOUND AND OPENGL_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(plasma ${QT_QTOPENGL_LIBRARY} ${OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY})