diff --git a/storage/rocksdb/CMakeLists.txt b/storage/rocksdb/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c9f4f768a1a..1e0114da0c98 100644
--- a/storage/rocksdb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/storage/rocksdb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -387,6 +387,8 @@ IF (ROCKSDB_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN)
 ELSE()
   MYSQL_ADD_PLUGIN(rocksdb_se ${ROCKSDB_SOURCES} STORAGE_ENGINE DEFAULT
     STATIC_ONLY LINK_LIBRARIES ${rocksdb_static_libs})
+    # to fix linkage error on partition_base
+    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(rocksdb_se sql_main)
 ENDIF()
 
 IF (NOT HAVE_EXTERNAL_ROCKSDB)