diff --git a/src/core/cpn/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/cpn/CMakeLists.txt
index 81ac82cf..79fac5ba 100644
--- a/src/core/cpn/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/cpn/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ set(SRCS
 	DatabaseCampaign.cc
 )
 
-add_library(fail-cpn ${SRCS})
+find_package(MySQL REQUIRED)
+include_directories(${MYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
+add_library(fail-cpn ${SRCS})
+target_link_libraries(fail-cpn fail-comm ${MYSQL_LIBRARIES})
+
+# make sure protobufs are generated before we include them
 add_dependencies(fail-cpn fail-comm)