diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index cf23f1fb8a8..441a0983751 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ if (BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
   TARGET_C_PROPERTIES (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET} STATIC)
   target_link_libraries (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET}
       PRIVATE ${LINK_LIBS} ${LINK_COMP_LIBS}
-      PUBLIC "$<$<NOT:$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>>:${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}>" "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_PARALLEL}>:MPI::MPI_C>"
+      PUBLIC "$<$<NOT:$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>>:${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}>" "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_PARALLEL}>:MPI::MPI_C>" "$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_ROS3_VFD}>:CURL::libcurl)>"
   )
   if (NOT WIN32)
     target_link_libraries (${HDF5_LIB_TARGET}