diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e480ed4e80f8a08ba38aa25be410763a0bb4ad9..0f96a937e36f2ec8898f34c439c43a01deff6607 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 add_executable(remi-test-client client.c)
-target_link_libraries(remi-test-client remi)
+target_link_libraries(remi-test-client remi stdc++)
 
 add_executable(remi-test-client-dir client-dir.c)
-target_link_libraries(remi-test-client-dir remi)
+target_link_libraries(remi-test-client-dir remi stdc++)
 
 add_executable(remi-test-server server.c)
-target_link_libraries(remi-test-server remi)
+target_link_libraries(remi-test-server remi stdc++)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index fe7f45b61a3b7a7e36a74252b76bf9fc851ad751..482439d22256966053fd3f3dbd83c3d17fcc0569 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ configure_file (remi-config.cmake.in remi-config.cmake @ONLY)
 
 # some bits for the pkg-config file
 set (DEST_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
-set (PRIVATE_LIBS "-lremi")
+set (PRIVATE_LIBS "-lremi -lstdc++")
 configure_file ("remi.pc.in" "remi.pc" @ONLY)
 
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