diff --git a/reactos/win32ss/gdi/gdi32/CMakeLists.txt b/reactos/win32ss/gdi/gdi32/CMakeLists.txt
index 1cbeb61713c..34d77251c8b 100644
--- a/reactos/win32ss/gdi/gdi32/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/reactos/win32ss/gdi/gdi32/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ set_module_type(gdi32
 target_link_libraries(gdi32
     win32ksys
     dxguid
+    msvcrtex
     ${PSEH_LIB})
 
 add_importlibs(gdi32 user32 advapi32 kernel32 ntdll)