diff --git a/cmake/targets/linux.cmake b/cmake/targets/linux.cmake
index fa1f33c07..8ce7e024a 100644
--- a/cmake/targets/linux.cmake
+++ b/cmake/targets/linux.cmake
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 # linux specific target definitions
+
+# Using newer c++ compilers / features on older distros causes runtime dyn link errors
+target_link_libraries(sunshine -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)