diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e67e0d8c0..bedf7d60ca 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -423,6 +423,9 @@ endif()
 
 add_executable                  (tesseract ${tesseractmain_src} ${tesseractmain_rsc})
 target_link_libraries           (tesseract libtesseract)
+if (HAVE_TIFFIO_H)
+    target_link_libraries(tesseract tiff)
+endif()
 
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