diff --git a/assignment-client/CMakeLists.txt b/assignment-client/CMakeLists.txt
index 6088da94e5..900965e405 100644
--- a/assignment-client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/assignment-client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ link_hifi_library(voxel-server-library ${TARGET_NAME} ${ROOT_DIR})
 
 include_directories(${ROOT_DIR}/externals/civetweb/include)
 
+if (UNIX)
+  target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+endif (UNIX)
+
 # link curl for synchronous script downloads
 find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
 include_directories(${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${CURL_LIBRARY})
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+target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${CURL_LIBRARY})