diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a504416..e8917bd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ include_directories("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
 # add sources of the wrapper as a "SQLiteCpp" static library
 add_library(SQLiteCpp ${SQLITECPP_SRC} ${SQLITECPP_INC} ${SQLITECPP_DOC} ${SQLITECPP_SCRIPT})
 target_include_directories(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
+if (NOT MSVC)
+    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp libssp)
+endif (NOT MSVC)
 
 if (UNIX AND (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "Clang"))
     set_target_properties(SQLiteCpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-fPIC")