diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1774c94b3ca2973f6185e01fce2fc83b9ee89c77..5c2b0d86235e823cf9d7f692c1c2906e754ea4c4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ set(OGS_LIBS
     petsc
     lis
     cvode
+    tfel
     CACHE INTERNAL "")
 foreach(LIB ${OGS_LIBS})
     set(OGS_LIB_${LIB}