diff --git a/sf-writer/CMakeLists.txt b/sf-writer/CMakeLists.txt
index eae871f..5afa7d1 100644
--- a/sf-writer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sf-writer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ target_link_libraries(sf-writer
         hdf5
         hdf5_hl
         hdf5_cpp
+        boost_system
         pthread)