diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ce456815b..25bce3375 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -473,7 +473,24 @@ set(FCFLAGS "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}}")
 set(LDFLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}}")
 
 set(VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
-#set(LIBS ?)
+
+# https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/FindMPI.html
+string(REPLACE ";" " " LIBS "${MPI_C_LIBRARIES};${MPI_Fortran_LIBRARIES} ")
+
+if(NOT ${NetCDF_Fortran_LIBRARY_SHARED})
+  # autotools: Libs.private: -lnetcdff -lnetcdf
+  string(APPEND LIBS ${NetCDF_Fortran_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
+
+if (OPENMP)
+  # https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/FindOpenMP.html
+  string(REPLACE ";" " " TMP_LIBS "${OPENMP_C_LIBRARIES};${OPENMP_Fortran_LIBRARIES} ")
+  string(APPEND LIBS ${TMP_LIBS})
+endif()
+
+if (WITH_YAML)
+  string(APPEND LIBS ${LIBYAML_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
 
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/FMS.pc.in
                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/FMS.pc @ONLY)