diff --git a/modules/modperl/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/modperl/CMakeLists.txt
index baac04e0..59befc29 100644
--- a/modules/modperl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/modperl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ target_include_directories(modperl_lib PRIVATE
 	"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.."
 	"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.."
 	${PERL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-target_link_libraries(modperl_lib ${znc_link})
+target_link_libraries(modperl_lib ${znc_link} ${zncpubdeps})
 set_target_properties(modperl_lib PROPERTIES
 	PREFIX ""
 	SUFFIX ".${perl_ext}"
diff --git a/modules/modpython/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/modpython/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c1fcc24..8a217041 100644
--- a/modules/modpython/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/modpython/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ target_include_directories(modpython_lib PRIVATE
 	"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.."
 	"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.."
 	${Python3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-target_link_libraries(modpython_lib ${znc_link} ${Python3_LDFLAGS})
+target_link_libraries(modpython_lib ${znc_link} ${Python3_LDFLAGS}
+	${zncpubdeps})
 set_target_properties(modpython_lib PROPERTIES
 	PREFIX "_"
 	OUTPUT_NAME "znc_core"