diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 88187e0..8aefa31 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ option(DAGGY_ENABLE_SLURM "add support for SLURM executor" ON)
 
 if (DAGGY_ENABLE_SLURM)
     add_compile_options(-DDAGGY_ENABLE_SLURM)
+    find_library(slurm slurm REQUIRED)
 endif ()
 
 add_subdirectory(daggy)