diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 28de5dec47..b8fb0a9d83 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -425,10 +425,10 @@ if (zstd_ADDED)
     add_library(zstd::libzstd ALIAS libzstd_static)
 endif()
 
-if (NOT YUZU_STATIC_ROOM)
-    # nlohmann
-    AddJsonPackage(nlohmann)
+# nlohmann
+AddJsonPackage(nlohmann)
 
+if (NOT YUZU_STATIC_ROOM)
     # zlib
     AddJsonPackage(zlib)
 
diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index c7c8bce356..fb2bdda146 100644
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ else()
     target_link_libraries(common PUBLIC Boost::headers)
 endif()
 
-target_link_libraries(common PUBLIC Boost::filesystem Boost::context httplib::httplib)
+target_link_libraries(common PUBLIC Boost::filesystem Boost::context httplib::httplib nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
 
 if (lz4_ADDED)
     target_include_directories(common PRIVATE ${lz4_SOURCE_DIR}/lib)