diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index fb39b5a4..a40b5a9d 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -187,7 +187,13 @@ SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES( exiv2 PROPERTIES VERSION ${GENERIC_LIB_VERSION}
                                         DEFINE_SYMBOL EXV_BUILDING_LIB
                      )
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( exiv2 ${EXPAT_LIBRARIES} )
+IF(WIN32)
+    SET(OS_SPECIFIC_LIBS wsock32)
+ELSE(WIN32)
+    SET(OS_SPECIFIC_LIBS )
+ENDIF(WIN32)
+    
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( exiv2 ${EXPAT_LIBRARIES} ${OS_SPECIFIC_LIBS})
 
 if( EXIV2_EXIV2_ENABLE_LIBXMP )
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( exiv2 ${XMPLIB} )