diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index d61f8ce0..95223930 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ if(HAVE_SWIG)
     ${LIB_LIBSERIALPORT}
     ${LIB_NCURSES}
     ${LIB_LIBGPIOD}
+    ${PYTHON_LIBRARY}
     ${EXTRA_WINDOWS_LIBRARIES}
     )
 endif()