diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a59e8bb..1334f5a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ endif()
 # ALSA
 if (RTAUDIO_API_ALSA)
   set(NEED_PTHREAD ON)
-  find_package(ALSA)
+  find_package(ALSA REQUIRED)
   if (NOT ALSA_FOUND)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "ALSA API requested but no ALSA dev libraries found")
   endif()
   list(APPEND INCDIRS ${ALSA_INCLUDE_DIR})
-  list(APPEND LINKLIBS ${ALSA_LIBRARY})
+  list(APPEND LINKLIBS ${ALSA_LIBRARY} dl)
   list(APPEND PKGCONFIG_REQUIRES "alsa")
   list(APPEND API_DEFS "-D__LINUX_ALSA__")
   list(APPEND API_LIST "alsa")