diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aebb65bf..3f7ef1e3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 ###############################################################################
 add_library(cruft)
 
+target_link_libraries(cruft ${NC_CXX_STDCXXFS})
+
 
 # Setup a directory to hold built sources we may need to export to clients.
 set (PREFIX "cruft/util")