diff --git a/drogon_ctl/CMakeLists.txt b/drogon_ctl/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/drogon_ctl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/drogon_ctl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
 if(WIN32)
   target_link_libraries(drogon_ctl PRIVATE ws2_32 Rpcrt4)
 endif(WIN32)
+if(APPLE)
+  target_link_libraries(drogon_ctl PRIVATE resolv)
+endif()
 message(STATUS "bin:" ${INSTALL_BIN_DIR})
 install(TARGETS drogon_ctl RUNTIME DESTINATION ${INSTALL_BIN_DIR})
 if(WIN32)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@
 else (BUILD_DROGON_SHARED)
     add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC)
 endif (BUILD_DROGON_SHARED)
 
+if (APPLE)
+    target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC resolv)
+endif (APPLE)
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES GNU)
     target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE -Wall -Wextra -Werror)
 endif()