diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindPetsc.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindPetsc.cmake
index dbcf1edb..57e8911c 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindPetsc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindPetsc.cmake
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ FIND_LIBRARY(PETSC_LIB_PETSCVEC  petscvec  PATHS /usr/lib $ENV{PETSC_DIR}/$ENV{P
 FIND_LIBRARY(PETSC_LIB_PETSCMAT  petscmat  PATHS /usr/lib $ENV{PETSC_DIR}/$ENV{PETSC_ARCH}/lib)
 FIND_LIBRARY(PETSC_LIB_PETSCKSP  petscksp  PATHS /usr/lib $ENV{PETSC_DIR}/$ENV{PETSC_ARCH}/lib)
 FIND_LIBRARY(PETSC_LIB_PETSCSNES petscsnes PATHS /usr/lib $ENV{PETSC_DIR}/$ENV{PETSC_ARCH}/lib)
+FIND_LIBRARY(PETSC_LIB_DL        dl PATHS /usr/lib)
 
 IF(PETSC_LIB_PETSC)
   SET(PETSC_LIBRARIES ${PETSC_LIBRARIES} ${PETSC_LIB_PETSC})
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ IF(PETSC_LIB_PETSCSNES)
   SET(PETSC_LIBRARIES ${PETSC_LIBRARIES} ${PETSC_LIB_PETSCSNES})
 ENDIF(PETSC_LIB_PETSCSNES)
 
+IF(PETSC_LIB_DL)
+  SET(PETSC_LIBRARIES ${PETSC_LIBRARIES} ${PETSC_LIB_DL})
+ENDIF(PETSC_LIB_DL)
+
 exec_program("cat $ENV{PETSC_DIR}/$ENV{PETSC_ARCH}/conf/petscvariables | grep PACKAGES_LIBS | awk -F  ' = ' '{print $2}'" OUTPUT_VARIABLE PETSC_VARIABLES)
 SET(PETSC_LIBRARIES ${PETSC_LIBRARIES} ${PETSC_VARIABLES})