diff --git a/panda/src/express/CMakeLists.txt b/panda/src/express/CMakeLists.txt
index d0c6970d02..199fd39a6d 100644
--- a/panda/src/express/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/panda/src/express/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ set(P3EXPRESS_SOURCES
 composite_sources(p3express P3EXPRESS_SOURCES)
 
 add_library(p3express ${P3EXPRESS_SOURCES} ${P3EXPRESS_HEADERS})
-target_link_libraries(p3express p3pandabase p3dtool p3dtoolconfig)
+target_link_libraries(p3express p3pandabase p3dtool p3dtoolconfig
+  ${TAR_LIBRARY})
 target_interrogate(p3express ALL)
 
 #add_executable(p3expressTestTypes test_types.cxx)