diff --git a/apps/launcher/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
index eb93d71e7..0c93474da 100644
--- a/apps/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,3 +102,9 @@ if (BUILD_WITH_CODE_COVERAGE)
   add_definitions (--coverage)
   target_link_libraries(omwlauncher gcov)
 endif()
+
+# Workaround for binutil => 2.23 problem when linking, should be fixed eventually upstream
+if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+target_link_libraries(omwlauncher dl Xt)
+endif()
+
diff --git a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
index 3334e7865..f4fdcb390 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 target_link_libraries(openmw ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 endif()
 
+# Workaround for binutil => 2.23 problem when linking, should be fixed eventually upstream
+if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+target_link_libraries(openmw dl Xt)
+endif()
+
+
 if(APPLE)
     find_library(CARBON_FRAMEWORK Carbon)
     find_library(COCOA_FRAMEWORK Cocoa)