diff --git a/src/providers/spatialite/CMakeLists.txt b/src/providers/spatialite/CMakeLists.txt
index 433d4dfd7a7..79fe1994020 100644
--- a/src/providers/spatialite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/providers/spatialite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ ADD_LIBRARY (spatialiteprovider MODULE ${SPATIALITE_SRCS} ${SPATIALITE_MOC_SRCS}
 
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(spatialiteprovider
   qgis_core
+  qgis_gui
 )
 
 IF(NOT WITH_INTERNAL_SPATIALITE)