diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 93a9e47c1..635842f25 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ ELSE ()
 	IF (CURL_FOUND)
 		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DGIT_CURL)
 		INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+		LINK_DIRECTORIES(${CURL_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 		LINK_LIBRARIES(${CURL_LIBRARIES})
 		LIST(APPEND LIBGIT2_PC_LIBS ${CURL_LDFLAGS})
 	ENDIF()