diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 17ed905df..77edb1394 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -539,6 +539,11 @@ if (LWS_WITH_ZLIB AND NOT LWS_WITH_BUNDLED_ZLIB)
 	list(APPEND LIB_LIST_AT_END "${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}")
 endif()
 
+if (LWS_WITH_PLUGINS_API AND UNIX)
+	list(APPEND LIB_LIST_AT_END "dl")
+endif()
+
+
 CHECK_INCLUDE_FILE(in6addr.h LWS_HAVE_IN6ADDR_H)
 CHECK_INCLUDE_FILE(memory.h LWS_HAVE_MEMORY_H)
 CHECK_INCLUDE_FILE(netinet/in.h LWS_HAVE_NETINET_IN_H)
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index e410c231d..a93426e4b 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -163,16 +163,6 @@ if (LWS_WITH_STATIC)
 			OUTPUT_NAME websockets_static)
 	endif()
 	
-	if (UNIX AND LWS_WITH_PLUGINS)
-	set (CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-	if (NOT((${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "FreeBSD") OR
-	   (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "QNX")))
-		if (LWS_WITH_STATIC)
-			target_link_libraries(websockets dl)
-		endif()
-	endif()
-endif()
-
 endif()
 
 if (LWS_WITH_SHARED)
@@ -204,6 +194,16 @@ if (LWS_WITH_SHARED)
 		set_property(TARGET websockets_shared PROPERTY MACOSX_RPATH YES)
 	endif()
 
+	if (UNIX AND LWS_WITH_PLUGINS_API)
+		set (CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+		if (NOT((${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "FreeBSD") OR
+		   (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "QNX")))
+		   if (LWS_WITH_SHARED)
+				target_link_libraries(websockets_shared dl)
+			endif()
+		endif()
+	endif()
+
 endif()
 
 #