diff --git a/examples/embedding/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/embedding/CMakeLists.txt
index 88c425d4a1fd1..def5b831bbe4a 100644
--- a/examples/embedding/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/embedding/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 set(TARGET embedding)
 add_executable(${TARGET} embedding.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common llama ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common llama ggml ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
diff --git a/examples/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/main/CMakeLists.txt
index b2dcc2910f333..aa1f79406d1c5 100644
--- a/examples/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 set(TARGET main)
 add_executable(${TARGET} main.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common llama ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common llama ggml ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
diff --git a/examples/perplexity/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/perplexity/CMakeLists.txt
index 5836df8b27752..9bd8e376f548f 100644
--- a/examples/perplexity/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/perplexity/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 set(TARGET perplexity)
 add_executable(${TARGET} perplexity.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common llama ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common llama ggml ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
diff --git a/examples/quantize/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/quantize/CMakeLists.txt
index fb27d45171c7a..17a995bbd74cc 100644
--- a/examples/quantize/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/quantize/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 set(TARGET quantize)
 add_executable(${TARGET} quantize.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE llama ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE llama ggml ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_11)