diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c456329..ff9b9f99 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ if (NOT FOLDSEEK_FRAMEWORK_ONLY)
         add_subdirectory(version)
         add_executable(foldseek foldseek.cpp)
         mmseqs_setup_derived_target(foldseek foldseek-framework)
+        target_link_libraries(mmseqs-framework version)
         target_link_libraries(foldseek version)
         install(TARGETS foldseek DESTINATION bin)
 endif()
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