required as libmemcachedutil uses libmemcached api
diff --git a/src/libmemcachedutil/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libmemcachedutil/CMakeLists.txt
index 78e87d3..e02e90e 100644
--- a/src/libmemcachedutil/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libmemcachedutil/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ endif()
 if(MSVC OR MINGW)
     target_link_libraries(libmemcachedutil PUBLIC libmemcached)
 endif()
-target_link_libraries(libmemcachedutil PUBLIC Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(libmemcachedutil PUBLIC Threads::Threads libmemcached)
 if(HAVE_LIBSASL)
     target_link_libraries(libmemcachedutil PUBLIC ${LIBSASL})
 endif()