diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f44968b94..bf25b1f79 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ check_function_exists(gethostname HAVE_GETHOSTNAME)
 if(WIN32)
   check_library_exists_concat("ws2_32" getch        HAVE_LIBWS2_32)
   check_library_exists_concat("winmm"  getch        HAVE_LIBWINMM)
+  list(APPEND CURL_LIBS "advapi32")
 endif()
 
 # check SSL libraries