diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/userspace/libsinsp/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index d2278326b37..25a671d0ad4 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
+include(jsoncpp)
+
 add_executable(sinsp-example
 	util.cpp
 	test.cpp
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ add_executable(sinsp-example
 
 target_link_libraries(sinsp-example
 	sinsp
+	"${JSONCPP_LIB}"
 )
 
 if (EMSCRIPTEN)