diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a30752492..b429a5235 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux|BSD|DragonFly|GNU")
         target_compile_definitions(platform_wsi INTERFACE VK_USE_PLATFORM_DIRECTFB_EXT)
         # vulkan_core.h includes <directfb.h> but the header is installed to directfb/directfb.h
         target_include_directories(platform_wsi INTERFACE ${DIRECTFB_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${DIRECTFB_INCLUDE_DIRS}/directfb)
+        target_link_libraries(platform_wsi INTERFACE PkgConfig::DirectFB)
     endif()
 elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "QNX")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "See BUILD.md for QNX build")