diff --git a/storage/rocksdb/build_rocksdb.cmake b/storage/rocksdb/build_rocksdb.cmake
index b4871662f9dd0..8b7e64a8e0870 100644
--- a/storage/rocksdb/build_rocksdb.cmake
+++ b/storage/rocksdb/build_rocksdb.cmake
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 if(WIN32)
   set(SYSTEM_LIBS ${SYSTEM_LIBS} Shlwapi.lib Rpcrt4.lib)
 else()
-  set(SYSTEM_LIBS ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+  set(SYSTEM_LIBS ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${LIBRT})
 endif()
 
 set(ROCKSDB_LIBS rocksdblib})