diff --git a/lib/tolua++/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/tolua++/CMakeLists.txt
index 44a4f1c6f..56ffc0dc1 100644
--- a/lib/tolua++/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/tolua++/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ file(GLOB BIN_SOURCE
 
 add_executable(tolua ${BIN_SOURCE})
 add_library(tolualib ${LIB_SOURCE})
+target_link_library(tolualib lua)
 
 #m is the standard math librarys
 if(UNIX)