diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 637e9c4e6..df0b22895 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -688,7 +688,6 @@ if(USE_READLINE)
   if(READLINE_FOUND AND GNU_READLINE_FOUND)
     add_definitions(-DHAVE_READLINE)
     include_directories(${Readline_INCLUDE_DIR})
-    list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBRARIES ${Readline_LIBRARY})
     message(STATUS "Found readline library at: ${Readline_ROOT_DIR}")
   else()
     message(STATUS "Could not find GNU readline library so building without readline support")
diff --git a/src/daemon/CMakeLists.txt b/src/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
index d0fc1d846..c6bdc6d83 100644
--- a/src/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ target_link_libraries(daemon
     ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY}
     ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
     ${ZMQ_LIB}
+    ${Readline_LIBRARY}
     ${EXTRA_LIBRARIES})
 set_property(TARGET daemon
   PROPERTY
diff --git a/src/simplewallet/CMakeLists.txt b/src/simplewallet/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ecda12d0..baf55b0dc 100644
--- a/src/simplewallet/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/simplewallet/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ target_link_libraries(simplewallet
     ${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY}
     ${Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY}
     ${Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY}
+    ${Readline_LIBRARY}
     ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
     ${EXTRA_LIBRARIES})
 set_property(TARGET simplewallet