diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c25cbbc4f01..eb7ca6d1369 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ if(NOT (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.1"))
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0054 OLD)
 endif()
 
+if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.0")
+  SET(CMAKE_DL_LIBS "-ldl")
+endif()
+
 include( XRootDUtils )
 CheckBuildDirectory()
 
diff --git a/src/XrdApps.cmake b/src/XrdApps.cmake
index dadd2806279..168901e2e3f 100644
--- a/src/XrdApps.cmake
+++ b/src/XrdApps.cmake
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   XrdClient
   XrdUtils
   XrdAppUtils
-  dl
+  ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
   pthread
   ${EXTRA_LIBS} )
 
diff --git a/src/XrdCl/CMakeLists.txt b/src/XrdCl/CMakeLists.txt
index 484f2ff70ee..1958b6eb9a6 100644
--- a/src/XrdCl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/XrdCl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   XrdXml
   XrdUtils
   pthread
-  dl)
+  ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 
 set_target_properties(
   XrdCl
diff --git a/src/XrdClient.cmake b/src/XrdClient.cmake
index 57c592ff3f5..2d977215cde 100644
--- a/src/XrdClient.cmake
+++ b/src/XrdClient.cmake
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ add_library(
 target_link_libraries(
   XrdClient
   XrdUtils
-  dl
+  ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
   pthread )
 
 set_target_properties(
diff --git a/src/XrdCrypto.cmake b/src/XrdCrypto.cmake
index 24045fdecfe..c80dea2b8d6 100644
--- a/src/XrdCrypto.cmake
+++ b/src/XrdCrypto.cmake
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ add_library(
 target_link_libraries(
   XrdCrypto
   XrdUtils
-  dl )
+  ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} )
 
 set_target_properties(
   XrdCrypto
diff --git a/src/XrdDaemons.cmake b/src/XrdDaemons.cmake
index 8d09846a94a..4efb5ff3db8 100644
--- a/src/XrdDaemons.cmake
+++ b/src/XrdDaemons.cmake
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   xrootd
   XrdServer
   XrdUtils
-  dl
+  ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
   pthread
   ${EXTRA_LIBS}
   ${SOCKET_LIBRARY} )
diff --git a/src/XrdHttp.cmake b/src/XrdHttp.cmake
index adcc1ecb93b..de96a4398d7 100644
--- a/src/XrdHttp.cmake
+++ b/src/XrdHttp.cmake
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ if( BUILD_HTTP )
     XrdServer
     XrdUtils
     XrdCrypto
-    dl
+    ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
     pthread
     ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
     ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY} )
diff --git a/src/XrdMacaroons.cmake b/src/XrdMacaroons.cmake
index f6d42004190..5d7fa608466 100644
--- a/src/XrdMacaroons.cmake
+++ b/src/XrdMacaroons.cmake
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if( BUILD_MACAROONS )
     XrdMacaroons/XrdMacaroonsConfigure.cc)
 
   target_link_libraries(
-    ${LIB_XRD_MACAROONS} -ldl
+    ${LIB_XRD_MACAROONS} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
     XrdHttpUtils
     XrdUtils
     XrdServer
diff --git a/src/XrdPosix.cmake b/src/XrdPosix.cmake
index 59ba01ad60d..98e3371cb37 100644
--- a/src/XrdPosix.cmake
+++ b/src/XrdPosix.cmake
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ add_library(
 target_link_libraries(
   XrdPosixPreload
   XrdPosix
-  dl )
+  ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} )
 
 set_target_properties(
   XrdPosixPreload
diff --git a/src/XrdSec.cmake b/src/XrdSec.cmake
index 9a07a88c3d1..9bf108eb5fa 100644
--- a/src/XrdSec.cmake
+++ b/src/XrdSec.cmake
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   ${LIB_XRD_SEC}
   XrdUtils
   pthread
-  dl )
+  ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} )
 
 set_target_properties(
   ${LIB_XRD_SEC}
diff --git a/src/XrdServer.cmake b/src/XrdServer.cmake
index 265c304462d..2eed6912bfd 100644
--- a/src/XrdServer.cmake
+++ b/src/XrdServer.cmake
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ add_library(
 target_link_libraries(
   XrdServer
   XrdUtils
-  dl
+  ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
   pthread
   ${EXTRA_LIBS}
   ${SOCKET_LIBRARY} )
diff --git a/src/XrdTpc.cmake b/src/XrdTpc.cmake
index cb6b4b9f652..db74489de79 100644
--- a/src/XrdTpc.cmake
+++ b/src/XrdTpc.cmake
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if( BUILD_TPC )
     XrdServer
     XrdUtils
     XrdHttpUtils
-    dl
+    ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
     pthread
     ${CURL_LIBRARIES} )
 
diff --git a/src/XrdUtils.cmake b/src/XrdUtils.cmake
index 6a5f2199dd1..2130b4e3e70 100644
--- a/src/XrdUtils.cmake
+++ b/src/XrdUtils.cmake
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ add_library(
 target_link_libraries(
   XrdUtils
   pthread
-  dl
+  ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
   ${SOCKET_LIBRARY}
   ${SENDFILE_LIBRARY}
   ${EXTRA_LIBS} )
diff --git a/tests/common/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/common/CMakeLists.txt
index d9cca88841b..5c395238ee9 100644
--- a/tests/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   XrdUtils)
 
 add_executable(text-runner TextRunner.cc PathProcessor.hh)
-target_link_libraries(text-runner dl ${CPPUNIT_LIBRARIES} pthread)
+target_link_libraries(text-runner ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${CPPUNIT_LIBRARIES} pthread)
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Install