diff --git a/server/core/CMakeLists.txt b/server/core/CMakeLists.txt
index a6c6e979d..503adf401 100644
--- a/server/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/server/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ if (HAVE_LIBDL)
   target_link_libraries(maxscale-common dl)
 endif()
 
-add_dependencies(maxscale-common pcre2 connector-c libmicrohttpd)
+add_dependencies(maxscale-common pcre2 connector-c libmicrohttpd jansson)
 set_target_properties(maxscale-common PROPERTIES VERSION "1.0.0")
 install_module(maxscale-common core)