diff --git a/Applications/CLI/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/CLI/CMakeLists.txt
index edb87aa77c7ff8a7b3c1afdfeda1f8c8193aeccc..836daed4fc4d91f02b0737bf9dae3bad7e1b9d1c 100644
--- a/Applications/CLI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/CLI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,8 @@ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ogs
     ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
+IF(OGS_USE_PETSC)
+    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ogs ${ogs} ${PETSC_LIBRARIES})
+ENDIF()
+
 INCLUDE(Tests.cmake)