diff --git a/assignment-client/CMakeLists.txt b/assignment-client/CMakeLists.txt
index c9fd769822..84a36c6c51 100644
--- a/assignment-client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/assignment-client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ link_hifi_libraries(
   physics
 )
 
-if (UNIX)
-  target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
-endif (UNIX)
-
 include_application_version()
 
 copy_dlls_beside_windows_executable()
diff --git a/domain-server/CMakeLists.txt b/domain-server/CMakeLists.txt
index e4fa1d874d..ce683df698 100644
--- a/domain-server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/domain-server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,5 +31,10 @@ include_directories(SYSTEM "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 # append OpenSSL to our list of libraries to link
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
 
+# libcrypto uses dlopen in libdl
+if (UNIX)
+  target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+endif (UNIX)
+
 include_application_version()
 copy_dlls_beside_windows_executable()
diff --git a/libraries/networking/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/networking/CMakeLists.txt
index 400fc5446a..274dae7420 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libraries/networking/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ include_directories(SYSTEM "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 # append OpenSSL to our list of libraries to link
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} ${TBB_LIBRARIES})
 
+# libcrypto uses dlopen in libdl
+if (UNIX)
+  target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+endif (UNIX)
+
 # append tbb includes to our list of includes to bubble
 target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} SYSTEM PUBLIC ${TBB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_application_version()