diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c757c79..64550687 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ else()
     )
     list(TRANSFORM LUA_SRC PREPEND deps/lua/)
     add_library(lua SHARED ${LUA_SRC})
+    target_link_libraries(lua m)
+    target_link_libraries(lua dl)
+    target_compile_definitions(lua PRIVATE -DLUA_USE_DLOPEN)
     include_directories(deps/lua)
     set(LOVR_LUA lua)
   endif()