diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 662026f227..86874c7915 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ if(NOT EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.cppan)
     if (NOT Leptonica_DIR AND NOT MSVC)
         find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
         pkg_check_modules(Leptonica REQUIRED lept>=${MINIMUM_LEPTONICA_VERSION})
+        link_directories(${Leptonica_LIBRARY_DIRS})
     else()
         find_package(Leptonica ${MINIMUM_LEPTONICA_VERSION} REQUIRED CONFIG)
     endif()