diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 531eb7d0f..4a62812bb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1943,6 +1943,11 @@ if (LWS_HAVE_LIBCAP)
 	list(APPEND LIB_LIST cap )
 endif()
 
+if (UNIX)
+	list(APPEND LIB_LIST dl)
+endif()
+
+
 # Setup the linking for all libs.
 foreach (lib ${LWS_LIBRARIES})
 	target_link_libraries(${lib} ${LIB_LIST})
@@ -1960,10 +1965,6 @@ if (LWS_WITH_ZLIB)
 	endif()
 endif()
 
-if (UNIX)
-	list(APPEND LIB_LIST dl)
-endif()
-
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(SSL_CTX_set1_param LWS_HAVE_SSL_CTX_set1_param)
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(SSL_set_info_callback LWS_HAVE_SSL_SET_INFO_CALLBACK)
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_host LWS_HAVE_X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_host)